Auto-tools/Automation Development/Meetings/131111

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General

• Attendees:
  • TBD
• Chair: TBD
• Notes: TBD

Last Weeks Action Items

• [CARRY OVER] [Dave] To look into the audio/video recording issue, maybe talk to Marc about it
• [DONE] [Cosmin] write a proposal to the automation list with a plan for splitting the needed work into smaller tasks. Write them up in a wiki page. So we can get feedback
• [NEW] [Cosmin] - Find a better name for the mciconf application
• [DONE] [Henrik] - Increase memory to 8GB for Jenkins

Highlights

• [Henrik] Automation Development report – week 43/44 2013: http://www.hskupin.info/2013/11/07/automation-development-report-week-4344-2013/
• [Dave] Released gaiatest 0.19, b2gpopulate 0.11, and b2gperf 0.12 to resolve leaks in performance tests
• New blockers, any updates?
  • Cannot delete workspace problem on Windows
  • Intermittent testrun failures: "abort: unknown revision 'mozilla'!"
  • Jenkins is still crashing way too often due to OOM
• You can find all blockers here: http://bit.ly/Tph0NY

Roundtable

• TBD

Goals Overview

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Automation_Development#Prioritized_Projects

Project Updates

Mozmill (Henrik)

• We released mozmill-automation 1.5.24.1, but haven't pushed it to production yet. The 2.0 branch also needs the test refactor changes; Andrei is working on it.
• Landed already 8 fixes for the mozbase Add-on manager (see https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase/commits/master); more to come this week
• No fixed ETA for 2.0.1 yet

Eideticker CI (Dave)

• Goals progress:
• Raised bug 935535 to move Eideticker CI to London office
• Silent failures are occurring. Requires investigation, fixes for the failures, and prevention from these being silent.

Games Benchmarking (Rob, Joel, BC)

• Goals progress:
• TBD

Softvision Updates

Desktop Automation

• Goals progress:
• TBD

• Resolved Fixed:
  • • bug 931715 - Test failure "The add-on has been correctly installed - got 'false'"

• Working on:
  • Andreea
  • Andrei
    • Update automation script to handle new application-based folder structure and add support for metro testruns (#89)
    • Source binary and / or mozmill-tests repository are removed when invalid testrun / folder bug
  • Cosmin
    • bug 915164 - Create a web app for generating on-demand update test config files for mozmill-ci
    • bug 799149 - Add mozmill test to ensure that there are no conflicts in context menu access keys.
    • bug 599290 - Update SoftwareUpdateAPI to support complete relocation to the about dialog
    • bug 732353 - Disable all Discovery Pane tests due to unpredictable web dependencies
  • Mario
    • bug 851502 - Create an Endurance test to measure html5 video memory use
    • bug 929933 - Create a new HTML5 page with an audio/video file and player controls
    • bug 924077 - Write mozmill metro test for opening and closing tabs [Metro]
    • bug 924074 - Write mozmill metro test for stop navigation and reload a page [Metro]

Mobile (Robocop)

• Goals progress: TBD

• Progress on Robocop Automation
• Robocop bugs Backlog
• Bugs with work in progress:
  • bug 820859 - Robocop: Add test for 'Clear Private Data'
  • bug 830834 - Robocop: Add test for 'Show Search Suggestions' feature
  • bug 836341 - Robocop: Add test for "Clear download history"
  • bug 926394 - [Robocop] Create a new test for Top Sites
• Bugs with patches awaiting review:
  • Robocop: Add test for 'Clear Site settings', 'Clear Saved passwords' and 'Clear history' options
• Bugs awaiting integration:
  • bug 934477 - Robocop: Add test to extend the context menu options for a HTML5 video
• Bugs recently integrated:
  • bug 899187 - [fig] Create new testBookmarksPage test to replace original testBookmarksTab.java.in
  • bug 927578 - Intermittent testReaderMode | GeckoEventExpecter - blockForEvent timeout: Reader:Added
  • bug 927394 - Intermittent TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | testReaderMode | Waiting for the share menu - The share menu is present
• Issues
  • Paul Feher is in the process of gaining access on Try-Server.
• Highlights

Personal Status

For the personal status please check the weekly status updates:

• 131111 - 131115

Meeting Notes

The meeting notes for this meeting can be read in the following etherpad:

• http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/automation-developer-meeting-20131111

Action items

• [NEW] [Team] Make sure to read Cosmin's proposal and try to give some feedback
• [NEW] [Henrik] Follow with QA to get the production ice upgraded for memory investigation
• [NEW] [Andrei] Check Mozmill Automation how Mercurial returns the exit code for all platforms in case 'hg pull' fails (see github mozmill-ci issue under blockers)
• [NEW] [Otilia] Come back as early as possible with the timeframe for the 2 weeks of SV only leading the automation efforts for QA
• [NEW] [Andrei] Check connection of Metro tests with Moztrap, find the tests we are working on, and make a link if there is any.
• [NEW] [Andrei/Cosmin] Check to make a Jenkins instance working locally. I'm thinking to use one box as a Jenkins master full-time
• [NEW] [Andrei] Check mozmill-dashboard update for metrotests
• [NEW] [Rob] Update for AWSY (areweslimyet) for meeting template