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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We have finished a new major release of our open-source
test development framework - <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>T2C 2.0.0
"Arnor"</span></b>. The framework helps to automate a lot of tedious
tasks in development of conformance tests allowing test developers to focus on
test logic rather than on numerous auxiliary issues. T2C (Template2Code) system
is based on using special templates to generate various files constituting a complete
test suite: sources of the tests, makefiles, files needed to manage the tests
with a particilar test execution frameworks, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Key features of T2C:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support for
development of parameterized tests fully customizable via special T2C
templates thus allowing having<i><span style='font-style:italic'> multiple
test cases coming from the same reusable sources</span></i> of the test.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support for linking
each check in a test to the requirement that is checked there (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>traceability of requirements</span></i> for
conformance testing).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Integration with
existing testing frameworks (currently <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>TETWare
Lite</span></b> and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>GLib Testing
Framework</span></b> are supported) - it is possible for T2C to generate test
sources compatible with different testing frameworks from the same .t2c
files.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Support for
generating 'minimal' standalone (without the need for a test execution
framework) sources of the tests which can be very useful for debugging the
tests, profiling, preparing demo-examples, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>T2C distribution
package</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is available at Sourceforge.net: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>T2C Manual</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
is now available in various formats <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(see <a
href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/docs">https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/docs</a>):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HTML - multiple
pages (t2c-doc-2.0.0-2.tar.bz2)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HTML - all in one
page (t2c-doc-single-html-2.0.0-2.tar.bz2)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PDF
(t2c-doc-2.0.0-2.pdf)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>T2C examples</span></b>
referred to in the documentation are also available in a separate archive (see <a
href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/examples/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/template2code/files/t2c/t2c-2.0_Arnor/examples/</a>).
The T2C distribution (t2c-2.0.0_final.tar.bz2) already includes the documentation
(HTML format, multiple pages) and the examples.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please note that most of the new LSB tests developed
in the recent years have been developed using this technology. The technology
was also presented in a number of conferences with very positive feedback and
proved comparative study.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We encourage using the framework for developing new conformance
and functional tests both for LSB and for any other API/ABI specifications. We
can provide basic support for developers that would use this framework.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Looking forward to feedback,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vladimir</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName ProductID="Vladimir Rubanov" w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vladimir
Rubanov</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Head of Operating Systems Department at ISPRAS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Director of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Russian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Linux</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Verification</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://linuxtesting.org/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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