475778 - integrate fennec automation code into existing automation

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Testing :: Mochitest, defect)

Description

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

We have developed a lot of tools to make the unittests run on Fennec.  There are a lot of little tweaks necessary and many of them are useful for Firefox.

I have outlined our toolset (maemkit):
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec_Automation#Maemkit_Toolset

More specifically, here are instructions for running the individual tests on Fennec:
Mochitest: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec_Mochitest
Chrome: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec_Chrome
Reftest: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec_Reftests

Bug 421611 is resolving a lot of the packaging issues which are required to get the tests onto the device.  

Some of the things which we have done to work smoother on Fennec:
 - run directories/manifests as a single chunk instead of everything at once
 - split up a directory/manifest to reduce the runtime of a given test chunk
 - run a subset of chunks on a given device to allow for parallel runs
 - read options from a config file


The goal of this bug is to identify which pieces we will integrate into the existing automation and what pieces will remain in an external tool which we can check in.

Comment 1

[cmtalbert]

Hahaha, wow this is an old bug.

I'm gonna close this as fixed (even though it doesn't have a patch) cause we run fennec tests in automation all the dadgum time. Lots of patches landed to fix this.

Nice work, us!