[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: Eclipse test-suite

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nikita Lipsky wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> Ok, I have passed the tests and got 44 .html files with results. Is 
> there any way to combine them together to see overall results in one 
> html file like 
> http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.4-200806172000/testResults.php 
> ?
>
> There are some failures in results. There is a note in results 
> "failures are anticipated and checked for with assertions while errors 
> are unanticipated." So should I think that test passes if it fails by 
> failure not by error?
Do you have a concrete example? Normally the test should either be green 
or red but might log some errors in the console even if the test itself 
is green.
> Is there a way to pass a test (not a group of tests) separately? Do I 
> need check out the test or the group of tests from CVS for this? Is 
> there any GUI (plug-in to Eclipse?) for running tests separately and 
> configuring them like JCK JavaTest harness?
AFAIK there's no GUI.

You might find some answers here: 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Platform-releng-faq

Dani
> Regards,
> --Nikita
>
>
>
> "Daniel Megert" <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:g7904k$6a0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Nikita Lipsky wrote:
> > > Hello everyone!
> > >
> > > Could anybody give me a link to the whole test-suite that is used 
> > > for releasing the Eclipse IDE?
> > > At this page of eclipsepedia 
> > > --http://wiki.eclipse.org/Automated_Testing#Correctness_tests  --
> > > It is explained how to run the Eclipse tests and short list of 
> > > plugins (not all though) that I will likely need for this.
> > >
> > > However, there is no link to how to download and install these 
> > > plugins. I failed to find the plugins by myself: I have found them 
> > > in CVS repository but not in downloadable form. So do they exist in 
> > > a public available binary form?
> > Each download page contains different downloads. Among them are 
> > normally also the tests.
> > e.g. 
> > http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.4-200806172000/index.php 
> >
> >
> > Dani
> > > Thanx,
> > > Nikita