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May 4, 2007

Beware of Talos

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For quite some time I've been working to update the performance testing for Firefox. From this humble idea I've ended up with Talos - a python performance testing framework that is usable on both Windows and Linux. Built largely (very largely) from a framework created by Annie Sullivan it has been integrated with the new graph server (http://graphs.mozilla.org) and, thanks to Ben Hearsum, ported to Linux. The whole mess is now checked in. Find it on trunk at mozilla/testing/performance/talos.

So, why Talos? Talos is the bronze automaton of Greek myth. Talos protected the island of Crete, throwing giant boulders at unwary seamen. He's also purported to have heated himself glowing hot and then embraced his enemies. Basically, he was awesome. The new performance tests aren't quite so awesome just yet, but the name 'Talos' will give them something to live up to. I don't want to push the metaphor too far, while I could go on about throwing giant international pages at the build or lighting it on fire with rapid browser restarts, I also just thought that it was a pretty neat name for a project.

For future work these steps are taking top priority:

• Getting this framework up and running consistently on multiple test boxes reporting to the main tinderbox page
  
• Building a Mac port for greater platform coverage
  
• Bug squashing. The framework can be fragile and doesn't react well to builds that crash or won't start - it will have to be a lot tougher to be productive.
  

If you have any interest in helping feel free to check out the code. I'd especially appreciate anyone with insight into the strange world of the Mac to look into helping to create a Mac port.

Perhaps it is a little early to start living in fear of Talos, but don't say that I didn't warn you.

Posted by alice at May 4, 2007 2:48 PM

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