Re: [gnome-desktop-testing] Missing path when running ./bin/desktop-testing

[Javier Collado <javier collado canonical com>]

Hello,

Unfortunately I don't know much about buildout so I will have to take a look at 
it before making any comment on this solution.

Anyway, I would like to point out that it's possible to have multiple 
desktop-testing packages installed using different virtual environments 
(VirtualEnv, http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv).

In addition to this, when some changes are being applied to the framework 
instead of just adding test cases, then changing "distutils" for "setuptools" an 
using "python setup.py develop" instead of "python setup.py install"
(http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#development-mode) might be 
helpful to avoid any file permission problems.

Best regards,
    Javier


Ara Pulido wrote:
> Indeed this is an issue.
>
> Another approach has been implemented in an ubuntu-desktop-testing
> branch by Markus Korn [1] that uses buildout to create a running
> environment in the same folder.
>
> Which solution do you think it is best?
>
> Cheers,
> Ara.
>
>
> [1]
> https://code.launchpad.net/~thekorn/ubuntu-desktop-testing/use_buildout
>
> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 10:10 +0100, Jason Cozens wrote:
> > Following the instructions on the "How to run the tests" page:
> >
> > http://live.gnome.org/DesktopTesting/Documentation/GettingStarted
> >
> > I get the following error when running ./bin/desktop-testing:
> >
> > :~/gnome-desktop-testing$ ./bin/desktop-testing 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "./bin/desktop-testing", line 488, in <module>
> >     sys.exit(main())
> >   File "./bin/desktop-testing", line 295, in main
> >     process_suite_file(suite_file, options.target, options.case)
> >   File "./bin/desktop-testing", line 211, in process_suite_file
> >     run_suite_file(suite_file, log_file, cases)
> >   File "./bin/desktop-testing", line 165, in run_suite_file
> >     runner = TestSuiteRunner(suite_file)
> >   File "./bin/desktop-testing", line 414, in __init__
> >     mod = __import__(modname)
> >   File "./gedit/gedit_chains.py", line 8, in <module>
> >     from desktoptesting.gnome import GEdit
> > ImportError: No module named desktoptesting.gnome
> >
> > I've fixed this by either adding the current directory to $PYTHONPATH or
> > editing the desktop-testing file:
> >
> > :~$ svn diff gnome-desktop-testing/
> > Index: gnome-desktop-testing/bin/desktop-testing
> > ===================================================================
> > --- gnome-desktop-testing/bin/desktop-testing	(revision 10)
> > +++ gnome-desktop-testing/bin/desktop-testing	(working copy)
> > @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
> >  from time import time, gmtime, strftime
> >  from shutil import move
> >  
> > +sys.path = sys.path + [os.getcwd()]
> > +
> >  # Globals
> >  TESTS_SHARE = "."
> >  TESTS_HOME  = os.environ["HOME"] + "/.desktop-test
> >
> > Is this a problem?
> >
> > If it is I think that the tests should run as soon as they have been
> > checked out without further changes.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jason.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > http://live.gnome.org/DesktopTesting
> > desktop-testing-list mailing list
> > desktop-testing-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-testing-list
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://live.gnome.org/DesktopTesting
> desktop-testing-list mailing list
> desktop-testing-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-testing-list