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Equinox p2 tests

Revision as of 14:17, 4 February 2008 by Susan franklin.us.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (End User UI Tests)

Setup

  • To run through all these tests you will need test repositories. There are two ways have repositories:
    • Use the repository available at http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/testUpdates/.
    • Generate repos for two versions of the eclipse SDK (preferably 3.4 M3 and 3.4 M4 candidate). At generation time make sure to use different versions for the generated SDK's (Use the -rootVersion argument in the launch config to control this).

Throughout the scenarios, SDK-v1 will refer to the oldest version of the two SDKs and SDK-v2 to the newest one.

To test the end user UI, you must first install an SDK and end user UI from the admin UI, then launch the provisioned SDK.

Core Tests (using Admin UI)

Basic install, run and update from Admin UI

  • Using the Admin UI:
    • create a new profile
    • install the SDK-v1
  • Run the provisioned install
  • Using the Admin UI:
    • look for updates, install eclipse SDK-v2
  • Run the provisioned install and verify that the SDK-v2 plugins are here
  • Also check that the profile is properly updated in the Admin UI

Variation, try with/without exiting the Admin UI.

Basic install, run and update using remote repository

  • Using the Admin UI:
    • create a new profile
    • connect to the test repository
    • install the SDK-v1
  • Run the provisioned install
  • Using the Admin UI:
    • look for updates, install eclipse SDK-v2
  • Run the provisioned install and verify that the SDK-v2 plugins are here
  • Also check that the profile is properly updated in the Admin UI

Basic install/update from Admin UI

  • Using the Admin UI:
    • Create a new profile
    • Install the SDK-v1
  • Do *not* start the provisioned install
  • Using the Admin UI:
    • look for updates, install eclipse SDK-v2
  • Run and verify that the plugins have been changed
  • Also check that the profile is properly updated in the Admin UI

Variation, try with/without exiting the Admin UI.

Bundle pool

  • Using the Admin UI:
    • Create a new profile
    • Install the SDK. During the installation notice the dialog saying that around 150M (the size of the SDK) should be "installed" (caveat, this may already be giving you the same result than in the second step if you are installing an already installed SDK.)
  • Create a second profile
  • Install the SDK in it
    • During the installation notice the dialog saying that only around 50K should be "installed".
    • Notice that the download phase goes much faster.
  • Uninstall the two SDK previously installed
  • Navigate to the folder of the bundle pool and notice that all the jars and folders are now gone. the GC has run.

Bundle pool in the eclipse install

  • Using the Admin UI:
    • Create a new profile: in the dialog set the install folder and the bundle pool to the same location. It will be the root of your eclipse install.
  • Install the SDK
  • Verify that the plugins folder is located at a subfolder of the install location
  • Verify that the path in the bundles.txt are relative.
  • Verify that the path in the osgi.bundles property of the config.ini are relative


Download Resilience

  • From the Admin UI
    • Create a profile
    • Install an SDK and while the download proceeds find an inventive way (a.k.a not using cancel) to abort the download (e.g. unplug the network cable, kill the process, etc.).
    • Restart the installation and see if it completes normally

Dropins Reconciler

  • From the Admin UI
    • Create a profile and install the SDK and User UI
  • For M4 the following manual steps are required.
    • Go to your install folder and edit your eclipse.ini
      • add "-console" at the top.
      • add "-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=C:\ontheside\dropins" to the VM arguments at the bottom
      • Note: The dropin folder must not be inside the profile because of how frameworkadmin adjusts paths to make them relative and a bug with install dir.
      • If you want to collocate your dropins folder you will have to set "-Dosgi.install.area=file:/c:/yourprofile"
    • save and start eclipse
    • at the console "start" the org.eclipse.equiniox.p2.reconciler.dropins bundle
    • exit eclipse
  • Testing
    • put a bundle in your dropins folder
    • start eclipse and verify that the bundle was installed
    • exit eclipse
    • remove the bundle from your dropins folder
    • start eclipse and verify that the bundle was uninstalled

End User UI Tests

These tests should be run inside a provisioned SDK with the end user UI. You should already have one if you did the above tests, but if not, here's how:

The admin UI can be used to verify the tests by looking at the contents of the profile of the provisioned SDK. If at any time you don't see the installed features you expect in the Installed Features list of the end user UI, start up the admin UI and verify there. Also note there are admin UI preferences (on the Provisioning page) that control which IU's are shown when browsing profiles).

Install from End User UI

  • Start the provisioned SDK
  • Help>Software Updates (Incubation)...
    • Find the releng tools in the available features page
    • Install the releng tools
  • Accept to restart.
  • Notice the presence of the releng tools (should be listed in the installed features page)

Verification with admin UI - the provisioned SDK profile should show the installed feature

Uninstall the releng tools from End User UI

  • Start the provisioned SDK
  • Help>Software Updates (Incubation)...
    • Go to Installed features page
    • Select the releng tools
    • Uninstall
  • Accept the restart
  • Come back up and notice the absence of the releng tools (no longer listed in installed features page)

Verification with admin UI - releng tools are absent

Update the SDK from End User UI

  • Start the provisioned SDK
  • Help>Software Updates (Incubation)...
  • First verify that the Available Features page has an updated SDK
    • You must be connected to a repo with an updated SDK
    • Choose "Manage sites" and add the test site if you need to
  • Now go to Installed features page
    • Click "Check for Updates"
    • You should see the new SDK offered as an update.
    • Finish the wizard, accept the restart when done
    • Verify that the end user UI now shows the new version in the installed features list

Reverting from the End User UI

  • Start the provisioned SDK
  • Help>Software Updates (Incubation)...
    • Go to available features page and find the releng tools
    • Select and install the releng tools
    • Verify that the "Installed Features" list shows the releng tools
    • Choose "Revert Configuration..." and select a timestamped configuration that does not have the releng tools, Finish
    • Verify that the "Installed Features" list no longer shows the releng tools, but still shows the SDK and end user UI

Automatic updates

  • Start the provisioned SDK
  • Go to the Update/Install preferences and enable auto update on startup
  • Ensure you are connected to a repo that has a newer version of the SDK, userUI, or releng tools
  • Exit the provisioned SDK and restart
  • Look for popup notifying you of updates
  • Click on popup to launch the update wizard
  • Update and verify as usual

Who, what platform

  • Pascal, MacOs, XP
  • Andrew, Linux (gtk 2.12.1)
  • DJ, Linux
  • John, Vista, Windows XP
  • Simon, Windows XP
  • Allan, XP
  • Susan, Windows XP

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