Hi, We are proud to announce the release of LDTP 0.9.0. 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... ============================ * Kartik Mistry fixed build issue in Alpha machines * Rewrote the recording framework and it completely uses pyatspi / orca-atspi (when pyatspi is missing) * Added new accessibility roles required for Firefox automation * Other major bug fixes * LDTP documentation has been majorly updated - http://download.freedesktop.org/ldtp/doc/ldtp-tutorial.pdf Download source tarball - http://download.freedesktop.org/ldtp/0.x/0.9.x/ldtp-0.9.0.tar.gz LDTP news ========= * Harishankar did a wonderful job of doing Firefox automation using LDTP as part of Google Summer of Code 2007 under Mozilla organization - http://nagappanal.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-of-code-2007-firefox-automatio... References ========== For detailed information on LDTP framework and latest updates visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org 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 anagappan at novell.com Thanks Nagappan -- -- Nagappan A <anagappan@novell.com> Linux Desktop Testing Project - http://ldtp.freedesktop.org http://nagappanal.blogspot.com Novell, Inc. SUSE* Linux Enterprise 10 Your Linux is ready* http://www.novell.com/linux