disable LL tests on travis CI

run.sh

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ trap 'handle_error' ERR
 
 ./synapse/start.sh
 ./riot/start.sh
-node start.js
+node start.js --travis
 stop_servers

src/scenario.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const roomDirectoryScenarios = require('./scenarios/directory');
 const lazyLoadingScenarios = require('./scenarios/lazy-loading');
 const e2eEncryptionScenarios = require('./scenarios/e2e-encryption');
 
-module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator) {
+module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator, runningOnTravis) {
     async function createUser(username) {
         const session = await createSession(username);
         await signup(session, session.username, 'testtest', session.hsUrl);
@@ -32,11 +32,20 @@ module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator) {
 
     const alice = await createUser("alice");
     const bob = await createUser("bob");
-    const charlies = await createRestUsers(restCreator);
 
     await roomDirectoryScenarios(alice, bob);
     await e2eEncryptionScenarios(alice, bob);
-    await lazyLoadingScenarios(alice, bob, charlies);
+
+    // disable LL tests until we can run synapse on anything > than 2.7.7 as
+    // /admin/register fails with a missing method.
+    // either switch to python3 on synapse,
+    // blocked on https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3900
+    // or use a more recent version of ubuntu
+    // or switch to circleci?
+    if (!runningOnTravis) {
+        const charlies = await createRestUsers(restCreator);
+        await lazyLoadingScenarios(alice, bob, charlies);
+    }
 }
 
 async function createRestUsers(restCreator) {

start.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ program
     .option('--windowed', "dont run tests headless", false)
     .option('--slow-mo', "run tests slower to follow whats going on", false)
     .option('--dev-tools', "open chrome devtools in browser window", false)
+    .option('--travis', "running on travis CI, disable tests known to break on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS", false)
     .parse(process.argv);
 
 const hsUrl = 'http://localhost:5005';
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ async function runTests() {
 
     let failure = false;
     try {
-        await scenario(createSession, restCreator);
+        await scenario(createSession, restCreator, program.travis);
     } catch(err) {
         failure = true;
         console.log('failure: ', err);