Auto-tools/Projects/MobileAutomation/Meetings/2012-10-03

• wlach:
  • eideticker enhancements
  • mozdevice robustness (exceptions)
  • gecko profiler for fennec - want to make it its own reusable module
• autophone
  • trouble rebooting devices and rooting them
  • su, superuser.apk and zurg rush are all fun options that don't work all the time
  • wlach has a custom su here (based on the SuperUser version with the functions to communicate with the Android app taken out): https://github.com/wlach/orangutan/blob/master/su.c
    • wlach still not sure why this should be necessary: AFAICT just adding the setuid bit to a copy of /system/bin/sh should do the trick?
  • starting to pull out the device-pool stuff
• device pool & lifeguard
  • ensure device pool/lifeguard is the part that reboots the device and verifies that it's okay after device is returned by user
  • only on build network initially (for B2G)
    • maybe set it up as an AWS instance
  • called LifeGuard only because it verifies devices in a pool-- but note that it doesn't attempt to resusicitate them if they drown :) (at most it'll run a reboot)
• mozharness
  • cedar project branch for desktop
  • next steps for mobile: use the lifeguard/pool.

C/I:

• watcher / sutagent updates in the works
• will update the watcher manually, probably put version in a filename

B2G:

• sutagent patch is pretty much done
• sutagent for panda is working good, one known problem
• emulator testing -> tbpl
• Action Items
  • BC: document collective knowledge about su and rooting
  • wlach: blog about sut/dm command-line tool