error messages 8377 set up testing environment

Description

This page documents the testing environment used in the usability testing of the "Resolution Impossible" error message.

The test environment used:

• use VirtualBox
• Ubuntu 20.04 image
• patched version of pip (Now deleted, it was created by Paul Moore)

Setup procedure

1. Create a new Ubuntu 20.04 VM
2. Make snapshot of base VM
   • Name it Snapshot 1 - pip3 & patch PRE-INSTALLATION
3. Boot Snapshot 1 - pip3 & patch PRE-INSTALLATION
   • Install pip (sudo apt install python3-pip)
   • upgrade it to 20.2b2 (pip3 install --upgrade --pre pip)
   • Add new pip3 to $PATH (export PATH=/home/osboxes/.local/bin:$PATH)
   • Check path export $PATH
   • Install patch (pip install https://github.com/pfmoore/pip/archive/nr_conflict_message.zip)
4. Make snapshot of Snapshot 1 - pip and patch installed
   • Name it Snapshot 2 - pip3 & patch INSTALLED
5. Make snapshot of Snapshot 2 - pip3 & patch INSTALLED
6. Name this Snapshot 3 - ResolutionImpossible TESTING
   • Use this for testing
7. Run test with participant
   • Use command pip install ward==0.46.0-beta.0 py2neo==4.3.0 --unstable-feature=resolver
8. When test is finished
   • shutdown machine
   • choose Snapshot 3
   • choose restore
     • don't make backup of current state!