**Intent** My intent is to spend two weeks (maximum) to bring the Debian tests to a similar state as Ubuntu 18.04. **Reason** After similar amount of effort spent on bootstrapping Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 10 images, we have a discrepancy in terms of how suitable the resulting images are for running tests. Some of the challenges faced are: - debian image can be built, but lots of dependencies are missing (eg. `alsa-base`, `ubuntu-restricted-extras`) - tweaks are needed in the test harnesses and scripts (eg. `test-linux.sh`) Once the underlying issues (resulting from switching to Debian) are resolved, then the image can be considered on equal footing as Ubuntu 18.04. **What may happen** If I am not able to have a working image that is ready to run a test in two weeks of full-time work, then all work will revert back to using Ubuntu 18.04 which provides a nearly ready-to-use image with a couple of hours of work.
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**Intent** My intent is to spend two weeks (maximum) to bring the Debian tests to a similar state as Ubuntu 18.04. **Reason** After similar amount of effort spent on bootstrapping Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 10 images, we have a discrepancy in terms of how suitable the resulting images are for running tests. Some of the challenges faced are: - debian image can be built, but lots of dependencies are missing (eg. `alsa-base`, `ubuntu-restricted-extras`) - tweaks are needed in the test harnesses and scripts (eg. `test-linux.sh`) - lack of window manager Once the underlying issues (resulting from switching to Debian) are resolved, then the image can be considered on equal footing as Ubuntu 18.04. **What may happen** If I am not able to have a working image that is ready to run a test in two weeks of full-time work, then all work will revert back to using Ubuntu 18.04 which provides a nearly ready-to-use image with a couple of hours of work.
**Intent** My intent is to spend two weeks (maximum) to bring the Debian tests to a similar state as Ubuntu 18.04. Current state of Debian push: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&group_state=expanded&revision=cd2e7656a270507ca2beb6a7373c0ec6b334c3eb Current state of Ubuntu 18.04: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&group_state=expanded&revision=35e5ff46e184fff0305a891a216c31e41aac6895&selectedJob=257973741 **Reason** After similar amount of effort spent on bootstrapping Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 10 images, we have a discrepancy in terms of how suitable the resulting images are for running tests. Some of the challenges faced are: - debian image can be built, but lots of dependencies are missing (eg. `alsa-base`, `ubuntu-restricted-extras`) - tweaks are needed in the test harnesses and scripts (eg. `test-linux.sh`) - lack of window manager Once the underlying issues (resulting from switching to Debian) are resolved, then the image can be considered on equal footing as Ubuntu 18.04. **What may happen** If I am not able to have a working image that is ready to run a test in two weeks of full-time work, then all work will revert back to using Ubuntu 18.04 which provides a nearly ready-to-use image with a couple of hours of work.