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[Ian McInerney <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>]

I have added xvfb to the docker images used for CI (both the Fedora 31
image and Ubuntu 18.04 image).

-Ian

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 8:36 PM Sylwester Kocjan <s.kocjan@xxxxx> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
>
> On 23/08/2020 02:12, Ian McInerney wrote:
>
> Are you wanting to add new QA tests that need a window to the main unit
> test suite?
>
> Yes, that's correct.
>
> On 23/08/2020 01:28, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>
> Could you explain further why you would need this in the official docker?
> Can you not specify your own docker for your tests?
>
> 1. Based on this great tutorial I made changes in qa tests which allow to
> use wxFrames in test suite.
>
> http://www.remy.org.uk/tech.php?tech=1407951209
>
> 2. I used these kind of tests with my development in following merge
> request (commit 3542e2da9b9 and later):
>
> https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/215
>
> 3. I want to add more of these tests, namely: I want to cover
> DIALOG_SIM_SETTINGS with tests and add new types of simulation in the
> future.
> 4. Sure I can install what I need on my own docker image, but I want to
> make it working with CI as well. Otherwise it makes no sense.
> 5. I was hoping that other developers can benefit from this change as
> well.
>
> On 23/08/2020 02:12, Ian McInerney wrote:
>
> If so, we should not use a VNC server to run them we should use xvfb to
> emulate an X server interface.
>
> Good point, this can be used as well, but xvfb is not available in
> official KiCad image. Can we consider adding it?
>
> I hope it's not a big deal. Are there any obstacles (maybe I'm not aware
> of something)?
>
> Best regards,
> Sylwester
>
>
> On 23/08/2020 02:12, Ian McInerney wrote:
>
> Are you wanting to add new QA tests that need a window to the main unit
> test suite? If so, we should not use a VNC server to run them we should use
> xvfb to emulate an X server interface.
>
> -Ian
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:31 PM Sylwester Kocjan <s.kocjan@xxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can I ask for updating docker images with additional dependency,
>> according to attached patch?
>>
>> I was trying with running wx frames in qa test application and this
>> change will be helpful for me.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sylwester
>>
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