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1240116SmarcelIntroductory information Automated Testing Framework 2240116Smarcel=========================================================================== 3240116Smarcel 4240116Smarcel 5240116SmarcelIntroduction 6240116Smarcel************ 7240116Smarcel 8240116SmarcelThe Automated Testing Framework (ATF) is a collection of libraries and 9240116Smarcelutilities designed to ease unattended application testing in the hands of 10240116Smarceldevelopers and end users of a specific piece of software. 11240116Smarcel 12240116SmarcelAs regards developers, ATF provides the necessary means to easily create 13240116Smarceltest suites composed of multiple test programs, which in turn are a 14240116Smarcelcollection of test cases. It also attempts to simplify the debugging of 15240116Smarcelproblems when these test cases detect an error by providing as much 16240116Smarcelinformation as possible about the failure. 17240116Smarcel 18240116SmarcelAs regards users, it simplifies the process of running the test suites and, 19240116Smarcelin special, encourages end users to run them often: they do not need to 20240116Smarcelhave source trees around nor any other development tools installed to be 21240116Smarcelable to certify that a given piece of software works on their machine as 22240116Smarceladvertised. 23240116Smarcel 24240116Smarcel 25240116SmarcelOther documents 26240116Smarcel*************** 27240116Smarcel 28240116Smarcel* AUTHORS: List of authors and contributors for this project. 29240116Smarcel 30240116Smarcel* COPYING: License information. 31240116Smarcel 32240116Smarcel* INSTALL: Compilation and installation instructions. These is not the 33240116Smarcel standard document shipped with many packages, so be sure to read it for 34240116Smarcel things that are specific to ATF's build. 35240116Smarcel 36240116Smarcel* NEWS: List of major changes between formal, published releases. 37240116Smarcel 38240116Smarcel 39240116Smarcel=========================================================================== 40240116Smarcelvim: filetype=text:textwidth=75:expandtab:shiftwidth=2:softtabstop=2 41