Ubuntu
notify-osd package

test suite uses current X server

Bug #439791 reported by Robert Collins
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
notify-osd (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Mirco Müller

Bug Description

The test suite uses the current X server to execute. This is a problem for folk doing interactive builds (and also folk using flymake and similar just-in-time background qa tools).

Using xvfb should permit most X needing code to execute without using the current X server. I *think* xvfb supports GL extensions and so forth, but this needs checking. Tests that need human observation obviously can't be run in this mode; they should run in the current X server [for now].

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Mirco Müller (macslow) wrote :

GL is not needed. As for xvfb, I don't know how to integrate that into the "make check" run.

Mirco Müller (macslow)
Changed in notify-osd:
assignee: nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow)
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

This is high, because the on commit test runs don't add value unless they actually run the tests :). Other projects have examples of using xvfb now - grab me or ted on IRC and we can point you at examples.

Changed in notify-osd:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
importance: Wishlist → High
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

Oh, and when closing this, please be sure to update the test build to run 'make V=1 check' rather than just 'make V=1'

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
affects: notify-osd → notify-osd (Ubuntu)
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