Category Archives: Testing

A little help please

DANGER! Will Robinson! DANGER! If you are not comfortable using beta software, do not know how to back up your profile or don’t know what bugzilla is, then please do not download nightly builds for testing! Every little bit helps… … Continue reading

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pipefail – testing pipeline exit codes

The problem In bash, running test programs which indicate their pass or fail status via an exit code can be problematic when they are run as part of a pipeline in Linux, Mac OS X or Cygwin since the reported … Continue reading

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User Agent String Sidebar updated

The ua sidebar has been updated to include user agent strings for Firefox 1.5.0.4 If you already have the sidebar installed, you will automatically see the changes.

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Test Automation for Firefox and Thunderbird

I have started a thread in mozilla.dev.quality (nntp|Google Groups) on an automated testing project for Firefox and Thunderbird. Topics include: Execution Environment Directory Paths | CVS Locations Nightly Build Installation Building Profile Creation and Initialization Test Invocation Result Reporting If … Continue reading

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Spider 0.0.1.15 Released

An update to Spider which fixes a problem in trunk builds where the Spider failed to follow links whan run as a chrome XUL application is available. See What’s New for the gritty details of the changes.

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