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["P. Christeas" <xrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 20 October 2011, Viktor Nagy wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I would like to run base_quality_interrogation locally and often
> 
> from the buildbot addon I've found out more or less the code to be called,
> but even a single run takes ages. Is there a recommended way to run test
> files quickly and reliably with openerp?
> 
> my shell script (to replace $1) is the following:
> base_quality_interrogation.py --root-path=server/bin/ --homedir=. -c
> ~/.openerp-bqirc --config server.cfg -d testdb -m $1 --console-nodebug --
> -drop-db -- create-db -- install-module -- +drop-db
> 
> is there a way to improve this?

There is way too many different ways to run the "b-q-i". 

The one you mention is a full run for a single ("-m ..." ) addon, I suppose 
the one you are writting. If your module needs a few other dependencies[1], a 
single bqi run could take several minutes for " -drop-db -- create-db -- 
install-module" . That's normal, it's the server's performance.

A typical test with all 169 modules here takes 12-15 mins[3]. At the Atom(tm) 
processor of my buildbot, they take 32mins sometimes. 

Said that, you may want to shortcut and not drop the database, not re-install 
all modules each time. A typical scenario is when you develop a module, you 
want to test a few functions again and again, until the bug is squashed.

Then, depending on the possible location of the bug, you can use b-q-i to just 
run the openerp-server repeatedly and test a single part only. As you may have 
noticed, b-q-i integrates with the "base_module_import" module (server-side) 
to launch yaml tests on demand. Or reload any xml files on a live server, or do 
scary things[2].
A major feature is the interactive console. Instead of just running the 
openerp-server start-to-end, it lets you tweak things in the middle. And then, 
stop the server, fix a few python lines, restart the server (up arrow in the 
console you had b-q-i) and repeat the failed command (up arrow in the b-q-i 
console). Such a cycle could take ~15sec of your development time.


[1] imagine, the l10n_hu could depend on account, analytic, decimal_precision 
and also include a huge account template
[2] yeap, that's a good reason why "base_module_import" shouldn't escape our 
development labs. 
[3] add +5mins for the official branches

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