TETware comes in three versions:
TETware-Lite,
processes non-distributed test cases on a single
computer system (the local system)
Distributed TETware,
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TETware RT processes test cases on real-time or embedded systems.
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Before TETware, there were three threads of TET development,
The three versions adhere to the TET Specification
and some of them extend it to address different problem domains.
- TET - the base TET as recognized by the tetworks
mailing list. The last formal release of TET was TET1.10 in May 1992.
- ETET - was an extension to TET developed by SunSoft with
revisions by USL. ETET's goal was to add commercial features to base TET
yet retain compatibility and also to add additional APIs - C++, Perl, Ksh.
The ETET development was folded in the main TETware development
track.
- dTET was developed by X/Open and addressed the
distributed test problem using a client/server architecture.
The dTET development was folded in the main TETware development
track.
TETware has now folded the features of these separate releases
back into a single development thread, and has added some new features.
This has not been by a straight merging of the code, but
rather a re-implementation of the internals, to permit
portability and consistency, whilst retaining the external
interfaces.
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TETware has been designed to be compatible with the previous
three threads of development. The TETware User Guide contains
an appendix giving hints and tips for users of previous
TET implementations.
When building from source, TETware has an additional
target , make compat, which instantiates links to
the previous TET1.10 hierarchy to support existing test suites.
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TETware includes platform support for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
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TETware Lite is supported on 32-bit Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
Distributed TETware is supported on the server Windows Operating Systems (e.g.
NT or 2000), but not on client Windows Operating Systems (e.g. '95 or '98).
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TETware professional is a development of TETware, by
The Open Group, for users who told us that TETware is difficult to use and that they wanted it to be easier
to use and more productive. It includes an automated installation mechanism, Graphical User
Interface, a standard (supported) Report Writer, a Database driver, and a
Scenario File Generator. These features are included with the full TETware release from TETware 3.7
TETware professional RT is the real-time and embedded system version of TETware
professional. Now known as TETware RT.
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