$Id: BACKPORT.txt,v 1.1.2.4 2009-02-08 03:59:56 boombatower Exp $

AUTHOR
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Jimmy Berry ("boombatower", http://drupal.org/user/214218)

PURPOSE
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This document describes the changes necessary to backport Drupal 7 core
SimpleTest for Drupal 6. This record is useful when trying to backport new
features from Drupal 7.

CHANGES
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All changes are placed bellow the line they are changing and the original line
is then commented out. This makes it easy to see what was done when merging
later changes.

DrupalWebTestCase
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All changes are made in the root DrupalWebTestCase which extends the core
DrupalWebTestCase which is renamed to DrupalWebTestCaseCore and placed in the
core sub-folder.

Error/Exception handling (core/functions.inc)
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The necessary core error/exception handling function from common.inc.

SimpleTest module (simpletest.module)
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  * simpletest_get_all_tests()
  * simpletest_run_tests()
  * _simpletest_batch_finished()
  * simpletest_clean_database
    - Added simpletest_get_like_tables()
  * simpletest_clean_temporary_directory()
  * simpletest_test_form()
  * _drupal_decode_exception()
  * Added hook_form_system_modules_alter()

SimpleTest installer (simpletest.install)
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  * Added update hooks.
  * Added requirements check for configuration file modifications.

JavaScript (simpletest.js)
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  * Changed function attach syntax in both behaviors.

CLI script (run-tests.sh)
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  * Backported database calls.