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<year>2004</year><year>2010</year>
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<title>APPLICATION Release Notes</title>
<prepared>Peter Andersson</prepared>
<responsible>Peter Andersson</responsible>
<docno></docno>
<approved></approved>
<checked></checked>
<date>2007-11-30</date>
<rev>A</rev>
<file>notes.xml</file>
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<section><title>Test_Server 3.4.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Updated the ts*.config files to contain information
relevant to testing Erlang/OTP in an open source
environment.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-9017</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Alpha release of Common Test Hooks (CTH). CTHs allow the
users of common test to abtract out common behaviours
from test suites in a much more elegant and flexible way
than was possible before. Note that the addition of this
feature may introduce minor changes in the undocumented
behaviour of the interface inbetween common_test and
test_server.</p>
<p>
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8851</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.4.2</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>Miscellaneous updates</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8976</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.4.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Returning {return_group_result,failed} from end_per_group
in a group that is part of a sequence, did not cause the
proceeding cases (or groups) to get skipped. This has
been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8753 Aux Id: seq11644 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Common Test has been updated to handle start options and
test specification terms for test case groups (and test
cases in groups). Also, an option named 'label', has been
added that associates the test run with a name that
Common Test prints in the overview HTML logs.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8725 Aux Id: OTP-8727 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
It is now possible to skip all tests in a suite, or a
group, by returning {fail,Reason} from the end_tc/5
framework function for init_per_suite, or init_per_group.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8805 Aux Id: seq11664 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.4</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Returning {fail,Reason} from the framework end_tc
function was not handled properly by Test Server for all
test suite functions.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8492 Aux Id: seq11502 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
If the framework end_tc function would hang and get
aborted by Test Server, there was no indication of
failure in the logs. This has been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8682 Aux Id: seq11504 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
It is now possible for the Test Server framework end_tc
function to change the status of the test case from ok or
auto-skipped to failed by returning {fail,Reason}.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8495 Aux Id: seq11502 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Test Server will now call the end_per_testcase/2 function
even if the test case has been terminated explicitly
(with abort_current_testcase/1), or after a timetrap
timeout. Under these circumstances the return value of
end_per_testcase is completely ignored. Therefore the
function will not be able to change the reason for test
case termination by returning {fail,Reason}, nor will it
be able to save data with {save_config,Data}.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8500 Aux Id: seq11521 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Previously, a repeat property of a test case group
specified the number of times the group should be
repeated after the main test run. I.e. {repeat,N} would
case the group to execute 1+N times. To be consistent
with the behaviour of the run_test repeat option, this
has been changed. N now specifies the absolute number of
executions instead.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8689 Aux Id: seq11502 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3.6</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The Test Server parse transform did not handle bit string
comprehensions. This has been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8458 Aux Id: OTP-8311 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The tc_status value in the Config list for a test case
that has failed because of a timetrap timeout, has
changed from {tc_status,timeout} to
{tc_status,timetrap_timeout}.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8302</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>The documentation is now possible to build in an open
source environment after a number of bugs are fixed and
some features are added in the documentation build
process. </p>
<p>- The arity calculation is updated.</p>
<p>- The module prefix used in the function names for
bif's are removed in the generated links so the links
will look like
"http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#append_element-2"
instead of
"http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#erlang:append_element-2".</p>
<p>- Enhanced the menu positioning in the html
documentation when a new page is loaded.</p>
<p>- A number of corrections in the generation of man
pages (thanks to Sergei Golovan)</p>
<p>- The legal notice is taken from the xml book file so
OTP's build process can be used for non OTP
applications.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8343</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3.5</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
If the init_per_testcase/2 function fails, the test case
now gets marked and counted as auto skipped, not user
skipped (which would previously happen).</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8289</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The documentation is now built with open source tools
(xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One
visible change is that the frames are removed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8201</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
It is now possible to fail a test case from the
end_per_testcase/2 function, by returning {fail,Reason}.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8284</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
It is now possible to fail a test case by having the
end_tc/3 framework function return {fail,Reason} for the
test case.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8285</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The test_server framework API (e.g. the end_tc/3
function) has been modified. See the test_server_ctrl
documentation for details.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8286 Aux Id: OTP-8285, OTP-8287 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3.4</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
When running a suite starting with a test case group,
Test Server crashed if init_per_suite/1 exited or
returned skip. This has been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8105 Aux Id: OTP-8089 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Various updates and fixes in Common Test and Test Server.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8045 Aux Id: OTP-8089,OTP-8105,OTP-8163 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Errors in coverage data collection and analysis were
difficult to detect. The logging has been improved so
that more information about e.g. imported and missing
modules is printed to the html log files.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8163 Aux Id: seq11374 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The Common Test HTML overview pages have been improved.
It is now possible to see if a test case has been skipped
explicitly or because a configuration function has
failed. Also, the history page (all_runs.html) now has
scrolling text displaying the test names. The old format
(showing names as a truncated string) can still be
generated by means of the flag/option 'basic_html'.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-8177</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3.2</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Various corrections and improvements of Common Test and
Test Server.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7981</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3.1</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Minor updates and corrections.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7897</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.3</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The conf case in Test Server has been extended with
properties that make it possible to execute test cases in
parallel, in sequence and in shuffled order. It is now
also possible to repeat test cases according to different
criterias. The properties can be combined, making it
possible to e.g. repeat a conf case a certain number of
times and execute the test cases in different (random)
order every time. The properties are specified in a list
in the conf case definition: {conf, Properties, InitCase,
TestCases, EndCase}. The available properties are:
parallel, sequence, shuffle, repeat, repeat_until_all_ok,
repeat_until_any_ok, repeat_until_any_fail,
repeat_until_all_fail.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7511 Aux Id: OTP-7839 </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>The test server starts Cover on nodes of the same
version as the test server itself only.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7699</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
The Erlang mode for Emacs has been updated with new and
modified skeletons for Common Test and TS. Syntax for
test case groups in Common Test (and conf cases with
properties in TS) has been added and a new minimal Common
Test suite skeleton has been introduced.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7856</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.4.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
The step functionality in Common Test (based on
interaction with Debugger) was broken. This has been
fixed, and some new step features have also been added.
Please see the Common Test User's Guide for details.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7800 Aux Id: seq11106 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.4</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Miscellaneous updates.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7527</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
When a testcase terminated due to a timetrap, io sent to
the group leader from framework:end_tc/3 (using
ct:pal/2/3 or ct:log/2/3) would cause deadlock. This has
been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7447 Aux Id: seq11010 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Various updates and improvements, plus some minor bug
fixes, have been implemented in Common Test and Test
Server.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7112</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
It is now possible, by means of the new function
ct:abort_current_testcase/1 or
test_server_ctrl:abort_current_testcase/1, to abort the
currently executing test case.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7518 Aux Id: OTP-7112 </p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.2</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p><c>erlang:system_info/1</c> now accepts the
<c>logical_processors</c>, and <c>debug_compiled</c>
arguments. For more info see the, <c>erlang(3)</c>
documentation.</p> <p>The scale factor returned by
<c>test_server:timetrap_scale_factor/0</c> is now also
effected if the emulator uses a larger amount of
scheduler threads than the amount of logical processors
on the system. </p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7175</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.1</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
When init_per_suite or end_per_suite terminated due to
runtime failure, test_server failed to format the line
number information properly and crashed. This error has
now been fixed.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-7091</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Test_Server 3.2.0</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Test Server is a portable test server for automated
application testing. The server can run test suites on
local or remote targets and log progress and results to
HTML pages. The main purpose of Test Server is to act as
engine inside customized test tools. A callback interface
for such framework applications is provided.</p>
<p>
Own Id: OTP-6989</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>
