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### 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