We are proud to announce the release of LDTP 0.8.0. This
release
features number of important breakthroughs in LDTP as well
as in the
field of Test Automation. This release note covers a brief
introduction
on LDTP followed by the list of new features and major bug
fixes which
makes this new version of LDTP the best of the breed. Useful
references
have been included at the end of this article for those who
wish to hack
/ use LDTP.
About LDTP
==========
Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high
quality test
automation framework (C / Python) and cutting-edge tools
that can be
used to test Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the
Accessibility
libraries to poke through the application's user interface.
The
framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user
events in
the interface of the
application which is under testing. We strive to help in
building a
quality desktop.
Whats new in this release...
============================
+ Major performance enhancement
In this release major contribution from Nagappan A
<anagappan novell.com>. Valgrinded LDTP engine and
fixed lot of memory
leaks in LDTP and improved the performance.
+ Palm Source testing team has contributed significant
amount of code in
ldtprunner and also reported all major issues to make LDTP
execution
engine more stable.
+ Added LDTP repository into to OpenSuSE build system.
Packages will be
available for SuSE 10.0, SuSE 10.1, OpenSuSE 10.2, OpenSuSE
Factory,
Fedora 4, Fedora 5, Fedora 6, Mandriva just on a single
click. The
OpenSuSE build system really rocks ;)
+ Bug fixes
This version includes loads of bug fixes to address
important issues
like memory leak, API functionality, accessibility
compatible issues
etc., For a detailed list please refer to release notes
section of our
project site hosted in http://ldtp.freedesktop.
org. Thanks to all the
developers for their contribution and Guofu Xu (lavi)
especially.
Download source tarball -
http://download.freedesktop.org/ldtp/0.x/0.8.x/l
dtp-0.8.0.tar.gz
LDTP news
=========
* LDTP packages are now built through OpenSuSE build system
-
http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/anagappan/
* Accessibility test suite by Rodney Dawes (dobey) -
h
ttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/ldtp/a11y-test-suite/
LDTP Recording demo
===================
Record / Playback of scripts -
http://people.freedesktop.org/~nagappan/ldtpguidemo.html
References
==========
For detailed information on LDTP framework and latest
updates visit
http://ldtp.freedesktop.o
rg
For information on various APIs in LDTP including those
added for this
release can be got from http:
//ldtp.freedesktop.org/user-doc/index.html
To subscribe to LDTP mailing lists, visit
http:
//ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Mailing_20list
IRC Channel - #ldtp on irc.freenode.net
For suggestions to improve this newsletter, please write to
anagappannovell.com
--
Nagappan A <anagappannovell.com>
Novell Software Development (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Linux Desktop Testing Project - http://ldtp.freedesktop.o
rg
http://nagappanal.blo
gspot.com/
Novell, Inc.
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10
Your Linux is ready™
http://www.novell.com/lin
ux
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