I’ve seen this come up in several bugs recently, and it’s time to disseminate some knowledge. Here is what an unexpected crash usually looks like: TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | /tests/content/media/test/test_seek.html | application timed out after 330 seconds with no output PROCESS-CRASH | /tests/content/media/test/test_seek.html | application crashed (minidump found) You’re looking at a test harness timeout because of […]
Posted on March 31st, 2011 by Josh Matthews
Filed under: mozilla | 1 Comment »
Update: the tool is now easier to use and doesn’t require adding your password as an argument. See this post for more details. I’m a big fan of the self-serve tool that RelEng provided for people with LDAP access. When I can see a try build going bad, I can cancel all the remaining builds […]
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by Josh Matthews
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I’ve filed bug 640629 to address an intermittent source of orange: incorrect nsITimer creation. I first ran across it while working on making httpd.js collect garbage more frequently, a task which quickly turned into orange whack-a-mole as more and more problematic test constructs popped out of the nether. Mounir Lamouri (volkmar) recently fixed another instance […]
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Josh Matthews
Filed under: code, mozilla | 4 Comments »
