[FFe] The Checkbox UI needs a way to be customised

Bug #1303849 reported by Brendan Donegan
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
checkbox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Because Checkbox is a multi-purpose test tool that is designed to be used in
a variety of different scenarios, it needs a way to customise the UI for various purposes. This FFe proposes to introduce a system of configuration files which will modify the look and behaviour of the UI.

Note that there are no *actual* config files introduced here, just the mechanism that reads them and customises the UI accordingly. We want this FFe because it is tied to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkbox/+bug/1302615

This feature is considered beneficial as it allows users of Checkbox to customise it to their own purposes and make it suitable for their testing needs.

Testing that has been performed as of now:

- Package builds
- Package installs on Trusty
- UI customisations work and no noticable regressions occur in regular use

affects: checkbox-gui → checkbox (Ubuntu)
summary: - The Checkbox UI needs a way to be customised
+ [FFe] The Checkbox UI needs a way to be customised
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Daniel Manrique (roadmr) wrote :
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Daniel Manrique (roadmr) wrote :

Install log from packages built from Brendan's branch is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkbox/+bug/1302615/comments/2

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Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan) wrote :

Here's the debdiff, as requested by infinity

description: updated
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Much the same comments as in bug 1302615. FFe approved.

Changed in checkbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel Manrique (roadmr)
Changed in checkbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-14.04
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package checkbox - 0.17.6-0ubuntu6

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checkbox (0.17.6-0ubuntu6) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Brendan Donegan ]
  * Use select_jobs to ensure whitelist order is preserved (LP: #1213893)
  * Use partial_id to avoid showing overly-long, namespaced job names
    (LP: #1297500)
  * Enable customization of some checkbox-gui parameters (LP: #1303849)
  * Send test results to Launchpad (LP: #1302615)
 -- Brendan Donegan <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:49:45 +0100

Changed in checkbox (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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