Meetings/Test framework/2010-09-10

Old action items:
 * Markus: sum up the wikitech-l conversation about coding conventions
 * [DONE] Priyanka - Figure out how to organize test suites, dependencies and running subsets of tests based on a tag (investigate whether we can use PHPunit's existing framework for this)
 * [DONE] Priyanka - run current work by Markus
 * [DONE] Priyanka - give Markus and Mark the config for Wikia's CruiseControl setup
 * Markus - ask Dan Nessett about dropping the web page for starting Selenium tests
 * [DONE] Robla - Update project page with information from July 30 meeting
 * Mark - figure out global variable issue
 * [PARTIAL] Priyanka/Mark - discuss configuration file for running tests - figure out how to run a subset of tests, and dynamic selection of tests
 * Markus and Mark H. will co-ordinate to figure out how to run Selenium tests from Cruisecontrol.
 * Markus: Complete migration document and share it with someone who can try it out.
 * Markus: send phpUnderControl configuration to Mark
 * Ryan: give Markus access to ci.tesla
 * Ryan: Create system diagram; here's an early one:usability:File:Selenium architecture diagram.svg* [DONE] Markus: Invite Dan Nessett to the next status update meeting.

Notes:
 * Mark's going to be out of commission for a while. His documentation as we pick up where he left off:
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/MarkAHershberger

Goal for October developer summit:
 * fully documented framework for writing tests

Meeting schedule with milestones:
 * IRC Sept 17 - send out proposed configuration (with prototype code)
 * Sept 24 - more or less working dynamic configuration, with a test or two actually using it
 * IRC Oct 1 - dynamic config problem solved, and a couple of extension tests, initial test runs on the grid
 * Oct 8
 * IRC Oct 15 - running smoothly on the grid
 * Oct 22 - finished

Current action items:
 * Markus: sum up the wikitech-l conversation about coding conventions
 * Markus - ask Dan Nessett about dropping the web page for starting Selenium tests
 * Robla: Move Selenium/Deployment to TestFramework/Deployment
 * Priyanka: send out proposal for cookie-based/hook-based reconfiguration to wikitech-l
 * Priyanka - discuss configuration file for running tests - figure out how to run a subset of tests, and dynamic selection of tests
 * Ryan: give Markus access to ci.tesla
 * Markus and Mark H. will co-ordinate to figure out how to run Selenium tests from Cruisecontrol.
 * Markus: Complete migration document and share it with someone who can try it out.
 * Markus: send phpUnderControl configuration to Mark
 * Rob: come up with a way of holding this meeting more openly
 * Rob: post notes on mediawiki.org (past and current)