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= Trac Functional Tests

Automated functional tests are integrated in the test suite (see TracDev/UnitTests). They are formed by executing a series of unit tests.
For detailed informations about functional tests, see:
 - source:trunk/doc/dev/testing.rst
 - source:branches/0.12-stable/TESTING-README (old)

These functional tests do not replace manual testing.

== Extra dependencies

 * [http://twill.idyll.org/ twill] — simple scripting language for Web browsing
 * [http://lxml.de/validation.html lxml] — used for XHTML validation

Those packages can be installed with `easy_install`:
{{{#!sh
easy_install twill
easy_install lxml
}}}

Note that one test requires that the `svn` program can be executed.

=== Windows specific dependencies

For `lxml`, the latest version is not always easy-installable for Windows, so you will have to download a somewhat older version from PyPI:
  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.3

There's also an additional dependency on Windows:
  [http://carey.geek.nz/code/python-fcrypt/ fcrypt]

The usual install method will work:
{{{#!sh
easy_install fcrypt
}}}

If `fcrypt` is not installed, you will get the following error when running the tests with Trac 0.11:
{{{
"Exception: Unable to setup admin password"
}}}

or this warning starting with Trac 0.12:
{{{
Warning: cannot parse password for user "crypt" without the "crypt" module
}}}

== Running the tests

To run the functional tests, execute:
{{{
PYTHONPATH=. python ./trac/tests/functional/__init__.py
}}}

or:
{{{#!sh
make functional-test
}}}

This is starting from Trac 0.12, as Trac 0.11 has no Makefile.

== Discussion / Feedback

Something to consider here: using twill's wsgi_intercept capability, and making these part of the unit tests.