Equinox/p2/Testing

This page collects information on working with and running the automated and manual tests for p2.

General Information

To run the tests, start by checking out org.eclipse.equinox.p2.releng from /cvsroot/rt/org.eclipse.equinox/p2. Then import one of the project sets in this project depending on whether you want to use the extssh (for committers) or pserver (for others) connection method. Select the appropriate project set file and click "Import Project Set" from the context menu.

The p2 tests all require Java 5 or later to run. The tests are all regularly run on Windows, Linux, and Mac, but should run on other platforms as well. Please enter bug reports for test failures on any os/ws/arch combination supported by Equinox.

Structurally all but the UI tests fall under the single AutomatedTests suite in org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests. The UI tests have their own separate AutomatedTests entry point because they use the GUI test runner as opposed to the headless test runner. This means there are two suites to run to exercise all the tests. Note that the UI tests also exercise core code so it is valuable to run both suites even when changes are made in core areas.

With the exception of the End2EndTest, all of these tests are quite fast to run, so we should all be in the habit of running these tests before releasing any code changes. If you're on a slow connection you can either comment out the End2EndTest, or kill the test run when the last core test is started (this test always runs last).

Manual tests

The p2 team maintains a set of manual smoke test scenarios for exercising functionality difficult to capture in automated tests. See the manual test scripts for more details.