CentOS on the buildbot still runs Python 3.6, which is also used for the
unit tests. This means that the tests can't use language features that
are available to Blender itself. And testing with a different version of
Python than will be used by the actual code seems like a bad idea to me.
This commit adds `TEST_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE` as advanced CMake option. This
will allow us to set a specific Python executable when we need it. When
not set, a platform-specific default will be used:
- On Windows, the `python….exe` from the installation directory. This is
just like before this patch, except that this patch adds the
overridability.
- On macOS/Linux, the `${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}` as found by CMake.
Every platform should now have a value (configured by the user or
detected by CMake) for `TEST_PYTHON_EXE`, so there is no need to allow
running without. This also removes the need to have some Python files
marked as executable.
If `TEST_PYTHON_EXE` is not user-configured, and thus the above default
is used, a status message is logged by CMake. I've seen this a lot in
other projects, and I like that it shows which values are auto-detected.
However, it's not common in Blender, so if we want we can either remove
it now, or remove it after the buildbot has been set up correctly.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D7395
Reviewed by: campbellbarton, mont29, sergey
Blender startup time and shader compilation is a big factor when running
hundreds of tests, so now all renders in the same ctest run in the same
process.
This was previously reverted due to skipping other tests when one test
crashed. Now if a test crashes, Blender is re-run with the remaining
tests so we get results from them still.
Blender startup time and shader compilation is a big factor when running
hundreds of tests, so now all renders in the same ctest run in the same
process. If a test crashes, the remaining tests in the same category will
be marked as skipped.
Benchmarked on a quad core with ctest -j8.
cycles: 118.1s -> 94.3s
eevee: 66.2s -> 29.2s
workbench: 31.7s -> 8.6s
Being able to compare Eevee reference images is useful for refactoring I'm
working on so might as well add them now, even if we can still improve them.
Workbench tests are just rendering the same files as Cycles and Eevee. This
doesn't really tests many workbench settings until we add tests specifically
for them, but does cover how it it handles the different object types.
