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@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ [](https://travis-ci.org/google/googletest) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/GoogleTestAppVeyor/googletest/branch/master) +**Future Plans**: +* 1.8.x Release - the 1.8.x will be the last release that works with pre-C++11 compilers. The 1.8.1 will not accept any requests for any new features and any bugfix requests will only be accepted if proven "critical" +* Post 1.8.x - work to improve/cleanup/pay technical debt. When this work is completed there will be a 1.9.x tagged release +* Post 1.9.x googletest will follow [Abseil Live at Head philosophy](https://abseil.io/about/philosophy) + + Welcome to **Google Test**, Google's C++ test framework! This repository is a merger of the formerly separate GoogleTest and @@ -15,8 +21,8 @@ mailing list for questions, discussions, and development. There is also an IRC channel on [OFTC](https://webchat.oftc.net/) (irc.oftc.net) #gtest available. Please join us! -Getting started information for **Google Test** is available in the -[Google Test Primer](googletest/docs/Primer.md) documentation. +Getting started information for **Google Test** is available in the +[Google Test Primer](googletest/docs/primer.md) documentation. **Google Mock** is an extension to Google Test for writing and using C++ mock classes. See the separate [Google Mock documentation](googlemock/README.md). @@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ package (as described below): ### Windows Requirements ### - * Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 or newer + * Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 or newer ### Cygwin Requirements ### @@ -114,35 +120,9 @@ package (as described below): * Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger or newer * Xcode Developer Tools -### Requirements for Contributors ### - -We welcome patches. If you plan to contribute a patch, you need to -build Google Test and its own tests from a git checkout (described -below), which has further requirements: - - * [Python](https://www.python.org/) v2.3 or newer (for running some of - the tests and re-generating certain source files from templates) - * [CMake](https://cmake.org/) v2.6.4 or newer - -## Regenerating Source Files ## - -Some of Google Test's source files are generated from templates (not -in the C++ sense) using a script. -For example, the -file include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump is used to generate -gtest-type-util.h in the same directory. - -You don't need to worry about regenerating the source files -unless you need to modify them. You would then modify the -corresponding `.pump` files and run the '[pump.py](googletest/scripts/pump.py)' -generator script. See the [Pump Manual](googletest/docs/PumpManual.md). - -### Contributing Code ### +## Contributing change -We welcome patches. Please read the -[Developer's Guide](googletest/docs/DevGuide.md) -for how you can contribute. In particular, make sure you have signed -the Contributor License Agreement, or we won't be able to accept the -patch. +Please read the [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on +how to contribute to this project. Happy testing! |