[TIP] Nosejobs!

[Jesse Noller]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Doug Philips <dgou at mac.com> wrote:
> On or about Thursday, April 09, 2009, at 03:01PM, Jesse Noller indited:
>>Let me also point out that I want something to start running tests
>>which could run for a week+ - I have internal tests which could take
>>14 days to run. I don't feel like maintaining a client/server
>>connection for that long.
>
> If the test dies after 30 minutes and you don't find out about it for 13+ more days?
> There has to be a middle ground between a constant connection and a moon shot. Even moon
> shots steer along the way. :)

Simple, solved problem. The master(s) track outstanding jobs and check
on a customizable interval, if the slave fails to report: It's dead,
if the test-runner fails to report to the client-server after the
client-server gets a poll from the slave; it's either busy, or dead.

Ideally, part of a "test's spec" is how long, on average, it takes
(you can track this via results, too) - if the test strongly deviates
from this value, you can choose to pull the plug, or otherwise take
over manually. There are a lot of options here.

jesse