Bug 185514 – test262/Runner.pm: isolate runner's dependency on 5.8.8

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: JavaScriptCore

[valerie]

test262/Runner.pm has an unusual dependency on 5.8.8 -- but it currently calls out to a WebKit perl module webkitdirs.pm which has post-5.8.8 functionality.

We explored making the external script compliant with perl 5.8.8 (in this bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185316) but concluded it is unreasonable to expect WebKit developers to keep other perl modules 5.8.8 compatible going forward.

Current plan is to make a 5.8.8 compliant copy of webkitdirs.pm in webkit/Tools/Scripts/test262/ and add tests to make sure the functionality is in sync with `webkit-build-directory`.

[valerie]

Created attachment 340316 [details]
Patch

[Michael Saboff]

What is the dependency of the test262 on 5.8.8?  Why can’t the runner change to work with newer versions?

[EWS Watchlist]

Comment on attachment 340316 [details]
Patch

Attachment 340316 [details] did not pass win-ews (win):
Output: http://webkit-queues.webkit.org/results/7679008

New failing tests:
http/tests/security/contentSecurityPolicy/userAgentShadowDOM/allow-video.html

[EWS Watchlist]

Created attachment 340334 [details]
Archive of layout-test-results from ews204 for win-future

The attached test failures were seen while running run-webkit-tests on the win-ews.
Bot: ews204  Port: win-future  Platform: CYGWIN_NT-6.1-2.9.0-0.318-5-3-x86_64-64bit

[valerie]

Decided against this route

[Alex Christensen]

Comment on attachment 340316 [details]
Patch

This has been requesting review for more than one year.  If this is still needed, please rebase and re-request review.