Road Map
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Note 1: This road-map is still evolving and subject to change without notice.
Architecture Refactor
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Goals
^^^^^
. Reduce load on the file system. Sqlite3 files on network filesystem can be
a burden. [green]#[DONE]#
. Reduce number of servers and frequency of start/stop. This is mostly an
issue of clutter but also a reduction in "moving parts". [green]#[DONE]#
. Coalesce activities to a single home host where possible. Give the user
feedback that they have started the dashboard on a host other than the
home host. [green]#[DONE]#
. Reduce number of processes involved in managing running tests.
Changes Needed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
. ACID compliant db will be on /tmp and synced to megatest.db with a five
second max delay. [green]#[DONE]#
. Read/writes to db for processes on homehost will go direct to /tmp
megatest.db file. [green]#[DONE]#
. Read/wites fron non-homehost processes will go through one server. Bulk
reads (e.g. for dashboard or list-runs) will be cached on the current host
in /tmp and synced from the home megatest.db in the testsuite area. [green]#[DONE]#
. Db syncs rely on the target db file timestame minus some margin. [green]#[DONE]#
. Since bulk reads do not use the server we can switch to simple RPC for the
network transport. [green]#[DONE]#
. Test running manager process extended to manage multiple running tests.
Current Items
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ww05 - migrate to inmem-db
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
. Switch to inmem db with fast sync to on disk db's [green]#[DONE]#
. Server polls tasks table for next action
.. Task table used for tracking runner process [red]#[Replaced by mtutil]#
.. Task table used for jobs to run [red]#[Replaced by mtutil]#
.. Task table used for queueing runner actions (remove runs,
cleanRunExecute, etc) [red]#[Replaced by mtutil#]
// ww32
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// . Rerun step and or subsequent steps from gui
// . Refresh test area files from gui
// . Clean and re-run button
// . Clean up STATE and STATUS handling.
// .. Dashboard and Test control panel are reverse order - choose and fix
// .. Move seldom used states and status to drop down selector
// . Access test control panel when clicking on Run Summary tests
// . Feature: -generate-index-tree
// . Change specifing of state and status to use STATE1/STATUS1,STATE2/STATUS2
//
// ww33
// ~~~~
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// . http api available for use with Perl, Ruby etc. scripts
// . megatest.config setup entries for:
// .. run launching (e.g. /bin/sh %CMD% > /dev/null)
// .. browser "konqueror %FNAME%
//
// ww34
// ~~~~
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// . Mark dependent tests for clean/rerun -rerun-downstream
// . On run start check for defunct tests in RUNNING, LAUNCHED or REMOTEHOSTSTART and correct or notify
// . Fix: refresh of gui sometimes fails on last item (race condition?)
//
// ww35
// ~~~~
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// . refdb: Add export of csv, json and sexp
// . Convert to using call-with-environment-variables where possible. Should allow handling of parallel runs in same process.
// . Re-work text interface wizards. Several bugs on record. Possibly convert to gui based.
// . Add to testconfig requirements section; launchlimiter scriptname, calls scriptname to check if ok to launch test
// . Refactor Run Summary view, currently very clumsy
// . Add option to show steps in Run Summary view
//
// ww36
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// . Refactor guis for resizeablity
// . Add filters to Run Summary view and Run Control view
// . Add to megatest.config or testconfig; rerunok STATE/STATUS,STATE/STATUS...
// . Launch gates for diskspace; /path/one>1G,/path/two>200M,/tmp>5G,#{scheme *toppath*}>1G
//
// Bin List
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// . Quality improvements
// .. Server stutters occasionally
// .. Large number of items or tests still has some issues.
// .. Code refactoring
// .. Replace remote process with true API using json (supports Web app also)
// . Streamline the gui
// .. Everything resizable
// .. Less clutter
// .. Tool tips
// .. Filters on Run Summary, Summary and Run Control panel
// .. Built in log viewer (partially implemented)
// .. Refactor the test control panel
// . Help and documentation
// .. Complete the user manual (I’ve been working on this lately).
// .. Online help in the gui
// . Streamlined install
// .. Deployed version (download a location independent ready to run binary bundle)
// .. Install Makefile (in progress, needed for Mike to install on VMs)
// .. Added option to compile IUP (needed for VMs)
// . Server side run launching
// . Support for re-running, cleaning etc. of individual steps (ezsteps makes this very easy to implement).
// . Launch process needs built in daemonizing (easy to do, just need to test it thoroughly).
// . Wizards for creating tests, regression areas (current ones are text only and limited).
// . Fully functional built in web service (currently you can browse runs but it is very simplistic).
// . Wildcards in runconfigs: e.g. [p1271/9/%/%]
// . Gui panels for editing megatest.config and runconfigs.config
// . Fully isolated tests (no use of NFS to see regression area files)
// . Windows version