To compare two exu files during the test suite, we need to unpack
the images in directories and make the comparison from there.
The problem is that the "orig" exu file was unpacked in the current
directory as well, leading to compare an image with itself.
The fix consists in unpacking the right exu file.
This can be useful if the application is not in an official repository
like elementary_test.
This feature allows compiling the source code and using it to run the
scenario on.
The command (e.g gcc...) must be stored in the unit as well. $SRC and
$DEST can be used to specify the source and destination files in the
command.
One of the biggest issue in Exactness is related to the system
configuration differences. Among them, the fonts can for example
impact on the height of the widgets.
The solution to not be dependent on the fonts consist in using embedded
fonts and to force their usage when playing the applications.
The -f option has been added to the player and the recorder so the user
can provide the path to a fonts directory. This option must be set in
order to force the fonts replacement. Since tests shots can use different
fonts, the exu file stores the version of fonts that have been used.
This is why it is needed to have in the provided directory different
directories, each pointing to a different version of the fonts. For
example, some old tests can use fonts of 2017 (e.g directory 20170101)
while new tests will use new fonts (20180601). Check the
exactness-elm-data repository (fonts branch) for a better understanding.
During recording, the -f option will apply the indicated fonts on the
launched application and will record the mouse events accordingly. The
fonts datestamp is stored in the exu output.
During playing, the fonts will be loaded by reading the exu fonts path,
and then the application is launched. If no information is provided in
the exu but -f is used, the tool will load the most recent fonts (by
comparing the datestamp directories).
The problem that we try to solve is the time taken to compare the shots after
all the scenarios have been run.
Now, comparing the shots sequentially is done right after the test
finished to run. With -j 1, it won't change anything. With more CPUs, it
will compare while other tests are running, i.e when the CPU is not too
much busy.
The exu is a EET file for Exactness (Exactness Unit). It currently
contains the scenario and the images shots.
exactness_inspect supports it, as well as the player (only as output).
This feature is aimed to provide a new way to debug applications during
scenarios playing.
When a difference happens between two shots of an application, the
investigation can be tough as the cause may be hidden into a tiny
change, such as an update of the theme.
This feature tries to respond to this problem by storing objects of
the application every time a shot is taken. Then during shots comparison,
objects information are compared and differences are displayed on the
screen.
The feature can be used with the -S option.
For the moment, only hierarchy, order and geometry are checked.
This reverts commit 7989552b29.
This change introduces segfaults on my machine as well as Jenkins every time a
test fails and a comparison of the images is needed. We might want to bring this
back later but for now a working solution is preferred.
Daniel Zaoui
Daniel Zaoui
Daniel Hirt
Stefan Schmidt
kabeer khan
Tom Hacohen
Daniel Willmann