demo, ci: Switch to asciinema(1) for terminal recordings

For demos, cool-retro-term(1) looked fancier, but several threads of
that and ffmpeg(1) are just messing up with performance testing.

The CI videos started getting really big as well, and they were
difficult to read.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 647100f..88270e8 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -49,21 +49,13 @@ as needed, so there's no need to actually install it.
 
 ### Special requirements for continuous integration and demo modes
 
-Running the test suite as continuous integration or demo modes will record a
-video of the steps being executed, and create binary packages. The demo mode
-uses _cool-retro-term_ as terminal, whereas the continuous integration mode uses
-_MATE Terminal_ by default.
+Running the test suite as continuous integration or demo modes will record the
+terminal with the steps being executed, using asciinema(1), and create binary
+packages.
 
-The following additional packages are commonly needed as well:
+The following additional packages are commonly needed:
 
-    dbus-x11 xdotool x11-utils xvfb ffmpeg mate-terminal cool-retro-term xauth
-    dconf-cli alien linux-perf tshark sqlite3`
-
-For convenience, suitable profiles for _MATE Terminal_ and _cool-retro-term_ are
-provided under the `env` directory. To source them:
-
-    dconf load /org/mate/terminal/profiles/ < env/mate-terminal.profile
-    cp env/cool_retro_term.sqlite ~/.local/share/cool-retro-term/QML/OfflineStorage/Databases/*.sqlite
+    alien linux-perf tshark
 
 ## Regular test
 
@@ -79,9 +71,9 @@ Issuing:
 
     ./ci
 
-will run the whole test suite while recording a video of the execution, and it
-will also build JavaScript fragments used on http://passt.top/ for performance
-data tables and links to specific video offsets.
+will run the whole test suite while recording the execution, and it will also
+build JavaScript fragments used on http://passt.top/ for performance data tables
+and links to specific offsets in the captures.
 
 ## Demo mode
 
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ Issuing:
 
     ./demo
 
-will run the demo cases under `demo`, recording videos as well.
+will run the demo cases under `demo`, with terminal captures as well.
 
 # Framework