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5cd4555ad444fd391002ae32450572054369fd42Rob AusteinIntroductory information Automated Testing Framework
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ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
938440694b33cd752e9e4b71a526368b4811c177Tinderbox UserIntroduction
c651f15b30f1dae5cc2f00878fb5da5b3a35a468Mark Andrews************
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
ec5347e2c775f027573ce5648b910361aa926c01Automatic UpdaterThe Automated Testing Framework (ATF) is a collection of libraries and
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonutilities designed to ease unattended application testing in the hands of
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssondevelopers and end users of a specific piece of software.
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafsson
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark AndrewsAs regards developers, ATF provides the necessary means to easily create
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark Andrewstest suites composed of multiple test programs, which in turn are a
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark Andrewscollection of test cases. It also attempts to simplify the debugging of
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark Andrewsproblems when these test cases detect an error by providing as much
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark Andrewsinformation as possible about the failure.
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark Andrews
dafcb997e390efa4423883dafd100c975c4095d6Mark AndrewsAs regards users, it simplifies the process of running the test suites and,
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonin special, encourages end users to run them often: they do not need to
f5d30e2864e048a42c4dc1134993ae7efdb5d6c3Mark Andrewshave source trees around nor any other development tools installed to be
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonable to certify that a given piece of software works on their machine as
ddccd5811feff696ba460dabfb666ce61040f545Andreas Gustafssonadvertised.
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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein* AUTHORS: List of authors and contributors for this project.
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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein* COPYING: License information.
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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein* INSTALL: Compilation and installation instructions. These is not the
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein standard document shipped with many packages, so be sure to read it for
268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein things that are specific to ATF's build.
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268a4475065fe6a8cd7cc707820982cf5e98f430Rob Austein* NEWS: List of major changes between formal, published releases.
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