Goal 2013 Q2

Move desktop and B2G mochitest atop mozbase

Approach and Milestones

• TODO: Add bugzilla bug queries to this by attaching proper whiteboard flags to the relevant bugs that are filed.

Milestone 0 (completed 2013/03/29)

• [ahal] [DONE] Replace profile manipulation in b2gautomation.py with mozprofile.
• [wlach] [DONE] Flesh out mozbase docs for mozhttpd, moznetwork, mozdevice.
• [ted, ahal] [DONE] Use mozcrash for crash detection and reporting in all mochitest runners.

Milestone 1 - 2 weeks (completed: April 19th)

• [ahal] [MISSED] Use mozprocess/devicemanager for process management, instead of automation.py.in, for B2G mochitest.
• [ahal] [DONE] Decide on a method of solving the package update problem (bug 855893).
• [jhammel] [MISSED] Get mozbase tests running during 'make check' (bug 790765).

Milestone 2 - 2 weeks (completed: May 10th)

• [MISSED] [ahal] Use mozprocess/devicemanager for process management, instead of automation.py.in, for B2G mochitest.
• [MISSED] [jhammel] Get mozbase tests running during 'make check' (bug 790765).

Milestone 3 - 2 weeks (completed: May 31st)

• [AT RISK] Implement method selected to solve package update problem (bug 855893) - currently, move away from puppetagain; use in-tree mozbase for in-tree tests.
• [DONE] [jhammel] Use mozprofile for profile manipulation in desktop mochitest, instead of automation.py.
• [MISSED] [ahal] Use mozprocess/devicemanager for process management, instead of automation.py.in, for B2G mochitest (bug 865349)
• [DONE] [ahal] Move to using in-tree mozbase packages instead of puppetagain ones (bug 855893)
• [MISSED] [jhammel] Get mozbase tests running during 'make check' (bug 790765).
• [DONE] [jhammel] Remove duplicate manifestdestiny (bug 707976)

Milestone 4 - 2 weeks (start: June 10th)

• [DONE] [ahal] Use mozprocess/devicemanager for process management, instead of automation.py.in, for B2G mochitest (bug 865349)
• [DEFER] [ahal] Use mozlog for logging in desktop mochitest.
• [DONE] [jhammel] Get mozbase tests running during 'make check' (bug 790765).

Future milestones

• Develop a remote mozrunner API for running Firefox on remote devices.
• Port fennec mochitest to mozbase.
• Use moztest as a result container for mochitest. (?)