[tycho-user] tycho-surefire-plugin and general rules to define dependenc

[Sam Z <zhou3r@xxxxxxxxx>]

We need to run SWTBot test cases for a complex project, which consumes many upstream projects' P2 repositories.

I followed guideline in these locations:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWTBot/Automate_test_execution
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Tycho/Target_Platform

But still get dependencies cannot be resolved when running SWTBOT test cases. I'm wondering what's the general guideline to define target platform in pom.xml:

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
   <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
   <version>${tycho-version}</version>
   <configuration>
     <dependency-resolution>
      <extraRequirements>
        ...
        <requirement><type>eclipse-feature</type><id>some.feature</id><versionRange>0.0.0</versionRange></requirement>
        ...
        <requirement><type>p2-installable-unit</type><id>some.bundle</id><versionRange>0.0.0</versionRange></requirement>
        ...
      </extraRequirements>
     </dependency-resolution>
   </configuration>
</plugin>

I saw some Eclipse demo and actual projects, some doesn't define it at all; but some only include one or two features in the dependency.

I'm wondering what is the consistent way to define dependencies in tag <dependency-resolution>?

Should I define all features I'm building from source in my workspace + all features in my target runtime?
Should I define just all the plugins exactly same as my launch (which is validated by IDE no unresolved plugins)?

I tried both, still doesn't work.

Do we have a general rules how to define it in a systematic way so no guess around what should be depended on?

Thanks.