[Bf-committers] unit testing

[Campbell Barton]

To handle these issues we really need to see a complete log of the
builds output, but I rather troubleshoot this in #blendercoders on
IRC.

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Josh Stratton <strattonbrazil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  I appear to have the build dependencies worked out using scons,
> but I don't see a blender binary created.  According to the docs there
> should be an "install" directory, which I don't see.  I see a "release" and
> "release/bin" containing "blender-softwaregl" and "blender-thumbnailer.py",
> but nothing else.
>
> $ python scons/scons.py
> ...
> Install file:
> "release/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/add_curve_torus_knots.py"
> as
> "/home/josh.stratton/Public/install/linux/2.71/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/add_curve_torus_knots.py"
> Install file:
> "release/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/add_curve_spirals.py" as
> "/home/josh.stratton/Public/install/linux/2.71/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/add_curve_spirals.py"
> Install file: "release/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/__init__.py"
> as
> "/home/josh.stratton/Public/install/linux/2.71/scripts/addons/add_curve_extra_objects/__init__.py"
> scons: done building targets.
>
> $
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You didn't say what OS you're on but each platform has similar steps:
>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender
>> Link to your OS (eg Linux)
>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender/Linux
>> Link to the Distro (eg Ubuntu/CMake)
>>
>> Each doc on building has a section like this:
>>
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender/Linux/Ubuntu/CMake#Get_the_source
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Josh Stratton <strattonbrazil at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I've been to that page and neighboring pages, but I must be crazy
>> > because I don't see the URL for the repository. Is it on that page?
>> > All I see are build instructions for scons/cmake after  it's been
>> > cloned.
>> >
>> > On 7/31/14, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> While some devs use github, the main Blender code repo is hosted on
>> >> our own servers.
>> >>
>> >> To build blender see:
>> >>   http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender
>> >>
>> >> If you run into troubles, you can ask for help in our IRC chat room
>> >> #blendercoders
>> >>    http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Community:Chat
>> >>
>> >> (You can post here too, but typically IRC is better for
>> troubleshooting).
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Josh Stratton <
>> strattonbrazil at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Cool, I'll check it out.  Where is the actual git repo to clone?  I
>> don't
>> >>> see it anywhere on the wiki.  All the dev steps just say to download it
>> >>> without any links to the repo.  I found a blender3d group on github,
>> but
>> >>> I
>> >>> don't see any projects that look like blender3d itself.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com
>> >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi Josh,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Suggest try build blender and run some of tests (enable WITH_GTEST
>> >>>> option). they should all pass, just checked.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There is a project for automated testing with basic info on tests,
>> see:
>> >>>>   https://developer.blender.org/tag/automated_testing/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Here are 2 TODO's, which would be a good starting point since the
>> >>>> tests are already setup, but without such good coverage.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> https://developer.blender.org/T41252 - BLI_path_util_test.cc
>> >>>> https://developer.blender.org/T41253 - BLI_math_geom_test.cc (polygon
>> >>>> tests)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We also have Python tests which have the advantage that you can work
>> >>>> on them without building Blender.
>> >>>> https://developer.blender.org/T39451 - mathutils py module.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> In replying to this mail I realize we don't have good docs on how to
>> >>>> run tests, so I added some brief info to the automated-tests project
>> >>>> page.
>> >>>> *(Sergey - correct me if I'm wrong!)
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Josh Stratton
>> >>>> <strattonbrazil at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> > Reading the wiki it says the unit tests for blender are somewhat
>> >>>> >  lacking. Is that something I could help contribute work on? Also, I
>> >>>> >  don't see a repo link in the getting started section. Is it just
>> the
>> >>>> >  hit repo in the downloads section?
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