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docs: Add a note about thin testers to the infra glossary

Clarifies the term "thin tester" which is kind of a sub category of
"child tester".

Bug: None
Change-Id: Ia83c8d90c6c1ea3d96fe8ea6b8969c0abd2c18dc
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6203042
Reviewed-by: Struan Shrimpton <sshrimp@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Ben Pastene <bpastene@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1411787}
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Ben Pastene
2025-01-27 11:34:46 -08:00
committed by Chromium LUCI CQ
parent b47fbfda7a
commit 12261ed235

@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ infrastructure.
trigger builds on other builders. When the parent build only compiles and
the child build only runs tests, we call this model a "builder/tester
split". The child is referred to as the tester, and the parent (confusingly)
referred to as the builder.
referred to as the builder. The child might also be referred to as a "thin
tester" if it only runs tests remotely.
* __CI Builder__ or __Post-submit Builder__: A builder that compiles/tests a
branch of Chromium. Often triggered when changes to the branch are
submitted, these post-submit builders run on a continuous basis.