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   5     <h1>libvirt TCK  : Technology Compatibility Kit</h1>
   6     <p>The libvirt TCK provides a framework for performing testing
   7     of the integration between libvirt drivers, the underlying virt
   8     hypervisor technology, related operating system services and system
   9     configuration. The idea (and name) is motivated by the Java TCK.</p>
  10     <p>In particular the libvirt TCK is intended to address the following
  11     scenarios:</p>
  12     <ul>
  13       <li>Validate that a new libvirt driver is in compliance
  14           with the (possibly undocumented!) driver API semantics</li>
  15       <li>Validate that an update to an existing driver does not
  16          change the API semantics in a non-compliant manner</li>
  17       <li>Validate that a new hypervisor release is still providing
  18          compatibility with the corresponding libvirt driver usage</li>
  19       <li>Validate that an OS distro deployment consisting of a
  20          hypervisor and libvirt release is configured correctly</li>
  21     </ul>
  22     <p>Thus the libvirt TCK will allow developers, administrators and users
  23     to determine the level of compatibility of their platform, and
  24     evaluate whether it will meet their needs, and get awareness of any
  25     regressions that may have occurred since a previous test run.</p>
  26     <p>For more details you can look at:</p>
  27     <ul>
  28       <li> The initial
  29 <a href="http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-April/msg00176.html">mail
  30            from Daniel Berrange</a> presenting the project.</li>
  31       <li> The <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtTCK">page
  32            describing VirtTCK</a> the inclusion of libvirt-TCK as a
  33            Fedora Feature.</li>
  34     </ul>
  35     <p> Libvirt-TCK is maintained using
  36         <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-tck.git">a GIT
  37         repository</a>, and comment, patches and reviews are carried
  38         on the <a href="contact.html">libvir-list</a> development list.</p>
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