Memory Pool System Product Tools
================================
:author: Richard Brooksby
:organization: Ravenbrook Limited
:date: 2002-06-18
:revision: $Id: //info.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/version/1.117/tool/index.rst#1 $
:confidentiality: public
:copyright: See `C. Copyright and License`_


1. Introduction
---------------

This document lists the tools which have been written to develop the
Memory Pool System product.

This document will be updated as new tools are created.

The readership of this document is anyone developing or extending the
product sources.

This document is not confidential.


2. Tools
--------

=================  ==========================================================
`branch`_          Make a version or development branch.
`gcovfmt`_         Formats the output of the ``gcov`` coverage tool into a
                   summary table.
`release`_         Make a product release.
`testcoverage`_    Instrument the test suite for coverage, run it, and output
                   a coverage report.
`testopendylan`_   Download the latest version of Open Dylan and build it
                   against the MPS sources.
`testrun.bat`_     Implements the ``testrun`` make target on Windows, where
                   it is invoked from ``commpost.nmk``.
`testrun.sh`_      Implements the ``testrun`` make target on FreeBSD and
                   Linux, it is invoked from ``comm.gmk``, and on macOS,
                   where it is invoked from the Xcode project.
=================  ==========================================================

.. _branch: branch
.. _gcovfmt: gcovfmt
.. _release: release
.. _testcoverage: testcoverage
.. _testopendylan: testopendylan
.. _testrun.bat: testrun.bat
.. _testrun.sh: testrun.sh


A. References
-------------


B. Document History
-------------------

==========  ======  ========================================================
2002-06-18  RB_     Created based on P4DTI document.
2005-09-30  RHSK_   Added ``test-runner.py``.
2013-05-24  GDR_    Added ``gcovfmt.py`` and ``testrun.sh``. 
                    ``test-runner.py`` is no longer used.
2014-01-13  GDR_    Converted to reStructuredText. Added ``testrun.bat``.
2014-03-22  GDR_    Add ``branch``, ``release``, ``testcoverage``, and 
                    ``testopendylan``.
==========  ======  ========================================================

.. _GDR: mailto:gdr@ravenbrook.com
.. _RB: mailto:rb@ravenbrook.com
.. _RHSK: mailto:rhsk@ravenbrook.com


C. Copyright and License
------------------------

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