Test 'support for python3' code in debian9 + python2 at ALBA

[cpascual]

This issue is created for reporting the results of the manual tests for python 2 & 3 support PR #703

Tested on Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) with python2 using the checklist from

https://github.com/taurus-org/taurus/blob/develop/doc/how_to_release.md#manual-test-checklist

Installation

• Install Taurus from the tar.gz : pip install <tarball_artifact_URL>
  • I installed on a PRISTINE taurus-test:debian-stretch DOCKER IMAGE and used the appveyor tarball:

pip install https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/3kt2he6dq96t4fvw/artifacts/dist%2Ftaurus-4.4.1a0.tar.gz

pip install https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/3espsq058vso149q/artifacts/dist%2Ftaurus-4.4.1a0.tar.gz

pip install https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/vtagrjlwrnlyeltl/artifacts/dist%2Ftaurus-4.4.1a0.tar.gz

pip install https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/24op01lxvitvsj58/artifacts/dist%2Ftaurus-4.4.1a0.tar.gz

pip install https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/eyc0uubsvqy7ivfe/artifacts/dist%2Ftaurus-4.4.1a0.tar.gz

Taurusdemo

• Test all of the buttons of the taurusdemo. All demos should launch correctly and without raising exceptions
  • Problems found with taurusmessagebox and taurusmessagepanel: https://github.com/piertoni/taurus/issues/12 FIXED
  • Problems found with label, lcd and led demos: https://github.com/piertoni/taurus/issues/13 FIXED
• For TaurusLabel, check foreground role, the background role, the prefix, the suffix, the formatter, etc.
• For TaurusLabel, in order to test the background role=value, you can use the following attribute: eval:["FAULT","ON","OFF","ALARM"][randint(4)]
• For TaurusLabel, use a model with fragment (e.g., sys/tg_test/1/ampli#rvalue.magnitude, eval:Q('1mm')#rvalue.units", eval:10*arange(9)#rvalue[3:4])
• For LCD: Test the foreground roles and the background role
• For Led: Test the colors, ON color, Off color. (hint: you can use eval:False as a model for testing)

taurusplot

(basically try all features described in the user's guide

• Execute: taurusplot "eval:Q(rand(333),'mm')" sys/tg_test/1/wave
• Check region Zoom in and out with region zoom and go back stacked zoom levels with the mouse middle button
• Check mouse wheel Zoom
• Test panning (dragging with CTRL pressed)
• Test inspector mode
• Test pause mode
• Move curves between axes by clicking on legend (and test zoom on Y2)
• Test plot configuration dialog
• Test changing curve titles
• Test Save & restore config (change curve properties, zoom, etc & check that everything is restored)
• Open the "Input data selection" dialog and add/remove/reorder /edit models
  • hit known bug TaurusPlot fails to retrieve settings of case-sensitive models #522 (other than that, all ok)
• export one curve data to ASCII and then load it using "Input data selection" -> raw data -> open file
• ... other features from user's guide

taurustrend

(basically try all features described in the user's guide

• Execute: taurustrend "eval:Q(rand(),'mm')" sys/tg_test/1/ampli
• Execute: taurustrend -xe "eval:Q(rand(),'mm')" sys/tg_test/1/ampli
• Check region Zoom in and out with region zoom and go back stacked zoom levels with the mouse middle button
• Check mouse wheel Zoom
• Test panning (dragging with CTRL pressed)
• Test inspector mode
• Test pause mode
• Move curves between axes by clicking on legend (and test zoom on Y2)
• Test plot configuration dialog
• Test Forced reading mode
• Test autopanning mode
• Test autoscale x mode
• Test Save & restore config (change curve properties, zoom, etc & check that everything is restored)
• ... other features from user's guide

Test taurusimage

• Execute taurusimage --demo
• try to resize the image and move it using the mouse.

taurustrend2d

• Execute: taurustrend2d --demo --taurus-polling-period 333
• Execute: taurustrend2d -xt --demo --taurus-polling-period 333 (known to fail in 4.1.0)
• Execute: taurustrend2d -xe --demo --taurus-polling-period 333
• Test auto-scroll and auto-scale tools
• Test Save & restore config (change axes range, zoom, tool status colormap etc & check that everything is restored)

taurusdesigner

• Check that taurusdesigner is correctly opened and taurus widgets are present in the catalog
• Create an empty widget and drag various taurus widgets to it (they should be correctly dropped)

taurusdevicepanel

• Execute: taurusdevicepanel sys/tg_test/1
• Check that it opens correctly and that the attrs and commands are populated
• Execute SwitchStates command (see that the state label changes to FAULT and its color to red)
  and then execute the Init command and the label returns to RUNNING (blue)

tauruspanel

• Execute: tauruspanel
• Navigate in the tree and select the TangoTest device (the attr an command panels should be populated)

taurusform

(basically try all features described in the user's guide

• Launch taurusform sys/tg_test/1/short_scalar
• go to label context menu, change the configuration and set range to (-1000, 1000), alarm to (-500, 500) and unit to mm. Close the form and relaunch. The new units should be used. Change the the write value and check that the orange color is used when in warning values, and that the write widget does not allow to write values out of range.
• Test to drag and drop of this attribute onto the same form many times (4 times)
  (If it crashes, you are seeing bug TaurusForm crashes on windows if self-droping a model #96)
• Open "Modify Contents" and add sys/tg_test/1 and all of its attributes. They should all show ok
• Test the compact mode (switch to compact, noncompact; edit when in compact mode, ...) for a single
  value (from the context menu of a value label)
• Test compact mode for all values (from the context menu of the whole form)
• Test changing labels
• Test changing the formatter for a single value (from the context menu of a value label) (use, e.g. >>{}<<). Do this in compact and non compact modes.
• Test changing the formatter for all values (from the context menu of the whole form)
• Test re-order of values with "Modify contents"
• Test the different "show" buttons (tables, images, spectra)
• Change the write widget of double_scalar by a TaurusWheelEdit
• Change other read and write widgets
• ... other features from user's guide

taurusgui

(basically try all features described in the user's guide

• Launch taurusgui example01
  • Problem loading the nexus browser widget: https://github.com/piertoni/taurus/issues/15
• Test (un)lock view
• Create a new panel (a TaurusForm) and drag and drop several models from other forms
• Move panels around (with view unlocked!) and hide ("close") and re-show them
• Test saving and restoring perspectives
• Test drag&drop from a form to a trend
• Test clicking on "example01 synoptic" elements and check that the panels raised
• Test that selecting a panel changes the selection on "example01 synoptic"
• Test the actions in the menus
• Create a new TaurusGui (call it foogui) with taurusgui --new-gui (follow the wizard)
• Install foogui with pip (using a virtualenv may be a good idea)
• launch foogui using the script that has been installed
• ... other features from user's guide

taurusconfigbrowser

• Open an ini file with taurusconfigbrowser and check that it is loaded correctly.
  • Known Problem (segfault on closing) (it affects also the develop branch. see Core dumped in taurusconfigbrowser #818 )

taurusiconcatalog

• Launch taurusiconcatalog. Several tabs with an array of icons should be displayed
• Check that tooltips give info on each icon
• Click on some icons and check that they give a bigger view of the icon and more info.

sardana

• install latest sardana release () pip install sardana

• on another console, run Sardana demo1

• launch spock and run sar_demo

• in spock, run a couple of macros lsm, ascan mot01 1 10 9 .1

• launch sardanatestsuite (I had to install a patched libtango9 9.2.5a+dfsg1-2+patch3~bpo9+0~alba+1 to avoid the bug from Set the ZMQ Receive Buffer High Water Mark only if it changes (#444) tango-controls/cppTango#445): Results: Ran 184 tests in 625.824s OK (skipped=7, expected failures=1)

• create a gui with taurusgui --new-gui that connects to demo1 , install it and check that the macroexecutor and the other macro-related panels work

  • I got a problem https://github.com/piertoni/taurus/issues/16 FIXED

[cpascual]

While doing the tests I've found some issues that are not specific to #703 and which I reported directly to the taurus issue tracker: #821, #822

[cmft]

I found troubles with taurusdesigner if you starting to create a GUI and you decided do not save it the designer does not died

[cpascual]

All tests ok. Closing