FAST README
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The FAST Python package integrates a variety of Python packages that are
related to software testing.

  exact   - Definition and management of computational experiments
  sqa     - SQA scripts for managing software releases
  swtest  - Tools for software tests
  testing - Tools for automatically finding and executing various types 
            of software tests


INSTALLATION
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See the INSTALL.txt file.


LICENSE
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See the LICENSE.txt file.


GETTING STARTED
===============

Directories

   fast     - The root directory for FAST's Python source code
   client   - Scripts used to manage the client-server interactions
   doc      - Documentation about FAST capabilities
   examples - Contains subdirectories for FAST packages that illustrate
             the use of FAST tools
   scripts  - Contains command-line executables
   server   - Scripts used to manage the client-server interactions
   test     - Directories of test utilities

Documentation and Bug Trcking

    The FAST Trac wiki supports documentation, issue tracking,
    and browsing of the FAST subversion repository:

        https://software.sandia.gov/trac/fast

    The fast/doc directory contains documentation that is included
    with the FAST software.

Authors

   See the AUTHORS.txt file.

Project Managers

   William E. Hart, wehart@sandia.gov

Mailing List

   FAST is managed with the Acro Project. A separate checkins mailing
   list is managed for FAST, but otherwise the main Acro mailing lists
   are used to manage the development of this software:

        acro-developers@software.sandia.gov
        acro-users@software.sandia.gov

Web Page

   https://software.sandia.gov/trac/fast


THIRD PARTY SOFTARE
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FAST depends on the PyUtilib package, and several other standard Python packages.  Testing FAST depends on the 'nose' and 'coverage' packages.

FAST does not rely on any third-party libraries.

