[webkit-dev] NRWT Migration Update

[SravanKumar Sandela]

Hi Eric and Roben,

Thanks a lot for the description and link.

-Sravan

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:

> I didn't even know that page existed. :)
>
> NRWT is Python.  It's split into many files.  It is part of webkitpy
> (which is our python library for dealing with webkit).
>
> NRWT was written independently (over several years) at Google.  It
> predates webkitpy, but it now lives as part of webkitpy:
> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/layout_tests
> but it doesn't fit 100% into the webkitpy model (it's not a Command
> subclass, it doesn't have a Host object) so hacking on it can be
> slightly confusing.
>
> As a port author the files of most interest to you are likely the Port
> subclasses:
>
> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/layout_tests/port
> qt.py<http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/layout_tests/port%0Aqt.py>,
> gtk.py, etc.
>
> I'm happy to answer any and all questions as they come up.
>
>
> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/run-webkit-tests
> is still the preferred way to run the tests.  Eventually that wrapper
> will be deleted and replaced with NRWT directly.  Until then, it is
> smart enough to run ORWT vs NRWT depending on the platform and
> configuration.
>
> Also, although NRWT supports running tests in parallel, we have that
> feature disabled by default when run from run-webkit-tests.  Running
> tests in parallel can cause some tests to flake.  If you're developing
> on your local machine and don't care about possible flakes, just want
> the fastest test run possible, it's best to run new-run-webkit-tests
> directly for now.
>
> -eric
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:41 AM, SravanKumar Sandela
> <sravan.ken at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Can you please inform us, what are the major difference between NRWT and
> > ORWT. I think it would of lot help for people like me who worked on ORWT
> > long back and now to catch up with NRWT.
> >
> > Thanks a lot in anticipation.
> >
> > -Sravan.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The WK2 bot looks stable (possibly more stable than before) after the
> >> NRWT switchover:
> >>
> >>
> http://build.webkit.org/results/SnowLeopard%20Intel%20Release%20(WebKit2%20Tests)/r98091%20(15558)/results.html<http://build.webkit.org/results/SnowLeopard%20Intel%20Release%20%28WebKit2%20Tests%29/r98091%20%2815558%29/results.html>
> >>
> >> I'll work on switching the --leaks bot back to NRWT next week, and
> >> then the only remaining builder to switch is Apple's Windows.  (I
> >> likely won't be able to takle that one myself.)
> >>
> >> Thanks again for your patience in this process.
> >>
> >> -eric
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
> >> > After further testing tonight, I was able to reproduce the exact set
> >> > of 81 WebKit 2 failures with both NRWT and ORWT this evening.  I'm
> >> > going to move the bots to NRWT shortly.
> >> >
> >> > -eric
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
> >> >> After a long hiatus, I'm back working on NRWT.
> >> >>
> >> >> As of this evening all of the blocking issues to switching the WK2
> bot
> >> >> are resolved:
> >> >> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56729
> >> >>
> >> >> Just waiting for the WK2 bot to have some smaller number of failures,
> >> >> then I'll pull the trigger.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> After WK2 is switched to NRWT, there is only --leaks and Windows to
> >> >> switch, before we can consider deleting ORWT.
> >> >>
> >> >> Interested parties can continue to track the NRWT migration here:
> >> >> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34984
> >> >>
> >> >> -eric
> >> >>
> >> >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Living for the unseen and undone....
> >
>



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