(courtesy of Martin Robinson, who introduced the notion of Garderner in WebKit world of fame)

1. Keep the tree green: the gardener on a given day will diagnose all bot redness and try to form a hypothesis for each failure. In my experience there are several types of failures:
   1. The GTK+ port is lacking some feature or has a bug: In this case the gardener will figure out exactly what the problem is, open a bug with as much information as possible including test diffs and links to relevant bugs. The gardener will CC any people involved in WebKitGTK+ who would might know how to fix the problem.
   2. A test is exposing a general WebKit bug that only GTK+ triggers (often the case with JavaScriptCore and inspector tests): In this case the gardener will leave a comment on the original bug with the test diff or stack trace (for something like an assertion failure) and offer to gather more information for the original patch author (even resorting to debugging directly on the bots if it cannot be reproduced locally).
   3. A test is missing expectations or needs new expectations: The gardener will generate new expectations after verifying that the tests seem to work when run manually or by looking at the expected results.
   4. A DRT feature is missing: The gardener will open a bug. The idea is that we will completely avoid skipped tests with no information about the failure.

2. If the tree isn't red, the gardener should be able to choose how to spend the day:
   1. Generating results for tests that do not have results (soon this will include pixel results as well).
   2. Diagnosing and opening bugs for failures that do not have open bugs (there's a huge list). This also includes unskipping tests that are passing.
   3. Implementing missing DRT features. There are a ton of these and we need to kill them. Using DRTSupportGtk we can do it without making API decisions.

3. At the end of the day the gardener should keep a very simple log for tomorrow's gardener, so he/she can follow up with any pending investigations. This will also help us keep track of newly skipped tests. See the Gardening log entry at the bottom of this wiki page.

Check also chrome gardening instructions: ​http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/webkit-gardening

Gardening schedule

Day	Gardener
Tue 09 Sep	clopez
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Gardening log

• Please put new log entries at the top.

Done: Gardening: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r173319 -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Sep 6 2014

Done: Build-fix: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r173257 -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Sep 4 2014

Done: Build-fix: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r172971 Gardening: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r172981 -- clopez@igalia.com - Tue Aug 26 2014

Done: Gardening: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r172750 -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Aug 19 2014

Done: Rebaselined fast/ruby/ruby-base-merge-block-children-crash-2.html after r172517. Rebaselined inspector-protocol/dom/getAccessibilityPropertiesForNode.html after r172136. Rebaselined scrollbars/scrollbar-selectors.html after r172220. Updated expectations with new identified failures and flakiness (check committed changes) Committed the following changes: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r172585 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Aug 14 2014

Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/135583 ​http://webkit.org/b/135584 ​http://webkit.org/b/135585 Committed the following changes: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r172017 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Mon Aug 04 2014

Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/135529 ​http://webkit.org/b/135530 ​http://webkit.org/b/135531 ​http://webkit.org/b/135532 ​http://webkit.org/b/135533 ​http://webkit.org/b/135534 Rebaselined the tests affected by r171567, r171609 and r171341. Committed the following changes: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r171963 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Sat Aug 02 2014

Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/135050 ​http://webkit.org/b/135051 ​http://webkit.org/b/135052 ​http://webkit.org/b/135053 ​http://webkit.org/b/135086 ​http://webkit.org/b/135087 ​http://webkit.org/b/135088 ​http://webkit.org/b/135089 ​http://webkit.org/b/135090 ​http://webkit.org/b/135091 ​http://webkit.org/b/135092 ​http://webkit.org/b/135093 ​http://webkit.org/b/135094 ​http://webkit.org/b/135095 Updated the bugs ​http://webkit.org/b/129050 Committed the following changes: ​https://trac.webkit.org/r171263 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Sat Jul 19 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/134976 ​http://webkit.org/b/134979 ​http://webkit.org/b/134981 ​http://webkit.org/b/134982 ​http://webkit.org/b/134994 ​http://webkit.org/b/134995 ​http://webkit.org/b/134996 ​http://webkit.org/b/134998 ​http://webkit.org/b/135003 ​http://webkit.org/b/135004 Updated the bugs ​http://webkit.org/b/81604 ​http://webkit.org/b/132248 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/135005 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Jul 16 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/134756 ​http://webkit.org/b/134758 ​http://webkit.org/b/134760 ​http://webkit.org/b/134761 Updated the bugs ​http://webkit.org/b/122571 ​http://webkit.org/b/134576 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/134762 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Jul 09 2014 Done: Updated the bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/124770 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/134665 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- ltilve@igalia.com - Mon Jul 07 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/134579 ​http://webkit.org/b/134577 ​http://webkit.org/b/134576 ​http://webkit.org/b/134575 ​http://webkit.org/b/134574 ​http://webkit.org/b/134573 ​http://webkit.org/b/134559 ​http://webkit.org/b/134550 Updated the bug ​http://webkit.org/b/103383 ​http://webkit.org/b/105280 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/134583 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Jul 02 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/134399 Rebaselined the tests affected by r170207, r170249, r170304, r170418 and r170433. Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/134400 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Fri Jun 27 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs for flaky and failing tests: ​http://webkit.org/b/133864 ​http://webkit.org/b/133865 ​http://webkit.org/b/133866 ​http://webkit.org/b/133867 ​http://webkit.org/b/133868 ​http://webkit.org/b/133869 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/133870 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- eocanha@igalia.com - Fri Jun 13 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/133806 ​http://webkit.org/b/133797 ​http://webkit.org/b/133807 ​http://webkit.org/b/133808 ​http://webkit.org/b/133803 Rebaselined fast/forms/placeholder-position.html Updated the highdpi list for bug ​http://webkit.org/b/131347 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/133811 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Jun 12 2014 Done: Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/133733 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- ltilve@igalia.com - Wed Jun 11 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/133514 ​http://webkit.org/b/133516 ​http://webkit.org/b/133517 ​http://webkit.org/b/133519 Updated the highdpi list for bug ​http://webkit.org/b/131347 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/133520 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Jun 04 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r169097 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release%20%28Tests%29/builds/267 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/133151 ​http://webkit.org/b/133148 ​http://webkit.org/b/133147 ​http://webkit.org/b/133146 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/133152 ​http://webkit.org/b/133113 -- ltilve@igalia.com - Thu May 21 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs for flaky tests: ​http://webkit.org/b/132995 ​http://webkit.org/b/132996 ​http://webkit.org/b/132997 ​http://webkit.org/b/132998 ​http://webkit.org/b/132999 ​http://webkit.org/b/133000 ​http://webkit.org/b/133001 Updated TestExpectations: ​http://webkit.org/b/133003 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- eocanha@igalia.com - Fri May 16 2014 Done: Rebaselined the tests affected by r168641, r168543, r168350 and r168674. Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132909 ​http://webkit.org/b/132910 ​http://webkit.org/b/132914 ​http://webkit.org/b/132919 ​http://webkit.org/b/132921 ​http://webkit.org/b/132923 Updated the highdpi list for bug ​http://webkit.org/b/131347 Commented on bug: ​http://webkit.org/b/132886 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132925 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu May 15 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r168676 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release%20%28Tests%29/builds/108 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132232 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132858 ​http://webkit.org/b/132873 -- ltilve@igalia.com - Thu May 13 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r168358 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/47158 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132328 ​http://webkit.org/b/132255 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132329 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132614 ​http://webkit.org/b/132644 -- ltilve@igalia.com - Thu May 7 2014 Done: r168118 Broke the GTK build. Tracked here: ​http://webkit.org/b/132447 -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu May 01 2014 Done: Rebaselined all the (128) tests affected by the new multi-column mode enabled on r168046. Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132425 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132275 ​http://webkit.org/b/77631 ​http://webkit.org/b/128061 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132426 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu May 01 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r167923 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46925 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132329 ​http://webkit.org/b/132361 -- ltilve@igalia.com - Thu Apr 29 2014 Done: Done: Flagged tons of tests and created tons of bugs in three entries: ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/167881 ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/167882 ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/167886 ​https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/167888 -- calvaris@igalia.com - Thu Apr 28 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs (flaky tests): ​http://webkit.org/b/132181 ​http://webkit.org/b/132182 ​http://webkit.org/b/132183 ​http://webkit.org/b/132184 ​http://webkit.org/b/132185 Updated the following test expectations for the previous bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132187 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- eocanha@igalia.com - Fri Apr 25 Done: Changed on the release bot (​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release) the following: Removed the environment variable XVFB_SCREEN_DEPTH=8 Removed deprecated environment variable WEBKIT_TESTFONTS Did an upgrade of the system (Debian testing) Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132126 The removal of the environment variable XVFB_SCREEN_DEPTH=8 caused new failures on a dozen of tests. I reported here all of them and updated the text expectations accordingly. ​http://webkit.org/b/132128 ​http://webkit.org/b/132134 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131223 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132129 Notes: If you notice that a test started failing on r167754 it could be because of the removal of the XVFB_SCREEN_DEPTH=8 variable. Let me know that or update ​http://webkit.org/b/132126 -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Apr 24 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r167649 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46703 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132119 ​http://webkit.org/b/132135 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132138 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- elima@igalia.com - Thu Apr 24 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r167649 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46703 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/132046 ​http://webkit.org/b/132054 ​http://webkit.org/b/132056 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/132058 ​http://webkit.org/b/132051 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- ltilve@igalia.com - Mon Apr 22 2014 Done: Checked Layout test failures on r167589 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46673 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131934 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/129330 ​http://webkit.org/b/117689 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131937 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Mon Apr 21 2014 Done: Checked API tests failures on r167424 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46563 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131619 (Closed after checking that test is now passing) ​http://webkit.org/b/118420 (Checked that test is now passing) ​http://webkit.org/b/119840 (Checked that test is now passing) Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131793 ​http://webkit.org/b/131794 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131795 -- elima@igalia.com - Thu Apr 17 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131737 ​http://webkit.org/b/131743 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- aperez@igalia.com - Wed Apr 16 2014 Done: Checked API tests failures on r167347 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46527 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131731 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/85037 ​http://webkit.org/b/117689 ​http://webkit.org/b/120305 ​http://webkit.org/b/120306 ​http://webkit.org/b/121970 ​http://webkit.org/b/122571 ​http://webkit.org/b/125068 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131736 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Wed Apr 16 2014 Done: Checked failures on r167304 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46496 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131686 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- ltilve@igalia.com - Tue Apr 15 2014 Done: Checked failures on r167246 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46454 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131616 (this is a general bug to fix test-related scripts) ​http://webkit.org/b/131619 ​http://webkit.org/b/131620 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131624 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- elima@igalia.com - Fri Apr 14 2014 Done: Checked failures on r167125 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46384 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131540 ​http://webkit.org/b/131546 ​http://webkit.org/b/131545 Updated the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/95428 ​http://webkit.org/b/130971 Committed the following changes: ​http://webkit.org/b/131549 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Fri Apr 11 2014 Done: Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131533 ​http://webkit.org/b/131534 ​http://webkit.org/b/131535 Updated the following test expectations: ​http://webkit.org/b/131537 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- eocanha@igalia.com - Fri Apr 11 2014 Done: Checked both text-only and image-only failures on r167072 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46344 Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131496 ​http://webkit.org/b/131498 ​http://webkit.org/b/131501 Updated the following test expectations: ​http://webkit.org/b/131504 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Thu Apr 10 2014 Done: Checked the status of garden-o-matic: Works fine for WebKitGTK+ port when using a Git clone. Usage instructions in the Rebaseline page. aperez@igalia.com - Wed 9 Apr 2014 Done: Started checking the reported Unexpected text-only failures on r166926 ​http://build.webkit.org/builders/GTK%20Linux%2064-bit%20Release/builds/46239/ Opened the following bugs: ​http://webkit.org/b/131380 ​http://webkit.org/b/131377 Updated test expectations accordingly and rebaselined one test: ​http://webkit.org/b/131382 Pending: Check the remaining failures. -- clopez@igalia.com - Tue Apr 8 2014