1277371 - Docs for running talos are out-of-date

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Testing :: Talos, defect)

Description

[William Lachance (:wlach)]

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Buildbot/Talos/Running is *really* out of date. I think almost none of it is still applicable. I'd like to see a simplified page that describes how to (in order from most common to least common):

1. Run a specific talos tests on try in e10s or non-e10s mode (make sure to mention using --rebuild 5 to get better results) and using perfherder compare view to analyze the results.
2. Running talos on a local machine using mach.
3. Running talos on a local machine for development purposes (e.g. when you are hacking on talos itself)

(:jmaher may have additional requests)

I would just most of "How Talos is Run in Production", maybe incorporating the note about what machines stuff is run on into the instructions for (1) so developers know what running Talos on try actually means.

:rwood, could you take this on? Since you're working with talos with fresh eyes, you'd probably have a better idea of what needs to be explained. Both myself and :jmaher would be happy to review your changes.

Comment 1

[Robert Wood [:rwood]]

Yes certainly

Comment 2

[Robert Wood [:rwood]]

Updated to the best of my ability with my talos knowledge thus far: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Buildbot/Talos/Running

If there's something missing or any major mistakes please go ahead and edit/correct, thanks!

Comment 3

[Joel Maher ( :jmaher ) (UTC -8)]

this is great, I am trying to think of other common use cases and this usage makes it simple.

Comment 4

[William Lachance (:wlach)]

I made some minor updates, but overall this is awesome. :) Thanks Rob!

Comment 5

[Robert Wood [:rwood]]

Ok great, thanks!