1621483 - ubuntu1804 - set up a separate environment for marionette and web-platform-tests-wdspec

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Remote Protocol :: Marionette, task, P3)

Description

[Edwin Takahashi (:egao | infrequent contributor)]

Marionette has some underlying problems when interacting with GTK/GNOME desktop environments that has been encountered during the linux1804 migration process:

• bug 1602701
• bug 1600389
• bug 1600391

The root of the problem boils down to the fact that when manipulating window position and/or size, GTK/GNOME experiences a higher degree of asynciness.

While almost all test suites are now running with GTK/GNOME desktop environment, marionette and the derived web-platform-tests-wdspec tests experience failures directly related to this issue.

A number of attempts were made in bug 1602701 to fix the marionette driver itself, but the best attempts been where resulting runs were ~50% green.

Comment 1

[Edwin Takahashi (:egao | infrequent contributor)]

The proposed solution is to set up a separate environment specifically for these failing tests such that migration can be made, which would still be beneficial over continuing to run these tests under the current linux64 platform.

Comment 2

[Edwin Takahashi (:egao | infrequent contributor)]

This push should do the trick: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&group_state=expanded&tier=1%2C2%2C3&revision=e2cb1c88b475c725f1af2ed326d212b348886a0c

Comment 3

[Edwin Takahashi (:egao | infrequent contributor)]

Attachment: Bug 1621483 - set up separate enviornment for linux1804 marionette and web-platform-tests-wdspec

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/e8748c4ff56b
set up separate enviornment for linux1804 marionette and web-platform-tests-wdspec r=jmaher,marionette-reviewers,whimboo

Comment 5

[Alexandru Michis [:malexandru]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e8748c4ff56b