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==General== | ==General== | ||
There are requirements, which apply to each of our supported platforms: | There are requirements, which apply to each of our supported platforms. The following list shows all of them in a prioritized order: | ||
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* | * Ship with a fixed version of included tools, e.g. Mercurial, and Mozmill | ||
* No dependencies on system-wide applications, like tool-boxes or frameworks | |||
* | * No modifications to the system by installing tools or modifying settings on a system level | ||
* Shipping as a zip archive with an as small as possible size | |||
==Linux== | ==Linux== | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 12 October 2011
Setting up the environment for Mozmill is not always an easy task, especially on Windows with all the dependencies for external tools, e.g. Python. To nearly eliminate the entry barrier for new members, but also to provide a package for our own automation tasks, a pre-configured environment will be made available. It contains all the tools, which are necessary to execute the Mozmill tests for Firefox.
General
There are requirements, which apply to each of our supported platforms. The following list shows all of them in a prioritized order:
- Ship with a fixed version of included tools, e.g. Mercurial, and Mozmill
- No dependencies on system-wide applications, like tool-boxes or frameworks
- No modifications to the system by installing tools or modifying settings on a system level
- Shipping as a zip archive with an as small as possible size