Do we have any buildbots running these layout tests yet? If not, what do we have to do to accomplish this?
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Evan Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As mentioned in a previous thread, we now have enough infrastructure > in place to run WebKit's layout tests on Linux. Here's a bit more > info about how to get involved. > > If you build a test_shell executable the instructions on the > development site are a good place to start: > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/testing/webkit-layout-tests > > Here's what we want to do, in rough order of priority: > 1) Be able to run all the tests without any of them hanging. This is > especially important because it slows down the test runner. > 2) Be able to run all the tests without any of them crashing. > 3) Pass tests that don't rely on font metrics. > 4) Pass tests that rely on font metrics. > 5) Pass pixel tests. > > Right now our tests compare against our Windows-based baseline > expected output, which means, due to font rendering differences, the > outputs don't match exactly. Some talented people are looking into > whether we can match Windows metrics (e.g. "disable antialiasing"), so > don't worry yet about tests that have different positional output -- > we still have plenty of tests that are oughtright failing due to > missing code. > > If you start poking into something, it might help to mention it on IRC > so we can try to avoid duplicating effort. > > Finally, we've collected some Linux-specific tips and tricks here: > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LayoutTestsLinux > In particular, you can run the tests within a nested X server which > means you can run them without them hijacking your computer, and in > theory we'll be able to run them in parallel in the future. Please > edit that page (it's world-editable) with any other notes you may > have. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
