Laboratoire ICAR » Plateforme TXM

This issue is dedicated to validate the last changes made to support proxy connection during installation and use of TXM on Linux including: TXM installation, R installation, TXM RCP update system, R launching and R packages installation/update. It is also dedicated to validate that these changes don't broke direct connections support.
(You can see #1022 for more informations on what has been developed and researches made about this support.)

TXM on Linux can encounter network issues at various moments:

• during installation when:
  => dependencies are installed
  => R packages are installed

• during first launch of TXM when:
  => welcome page is shown in the TXM/SWT web browser

• during next launches of TXM when:
  => updates are fetched at start-up
  => user calls the "Check R packages" command
  => user calls the "Check for updates" command
  => user calls the "Add an extension" command

Validation tests¶

• use a computer on Linux
• install the last TXM 0.7.7 beta 2 setup from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/txm/files/software/TXM/0.7.7beta2
• start TXM
  => the application must not hang up on the splash screen
• the browser must display the welcome page of TXM site
  => Starting with the title "TXM 0.7.7 beta" etc.
• check the network connection provider from "Tools\Parameters\General\Network Connections"
  => if you use a proxy the "Active Provider" must be set as "Native"
  => if you do not use a proxy the "Active Provider" must be set as "Direct"

• in "Tools\Parameters\TXM\Advanced" check or change the "Update Level" so it's set as "DEV" in the combo box

• quit and restart TXM
  => when launched the application must say there is a new update to download
• apply the update and restart TXM
  => check the TXM installation history in "Help\About TXM", button "Installation Details", the entry "Current Installation" must be:
  TXM 0.7.7.201506041701
• call the "File\Check for updates" command
  => the application must not hang up and say there is no new updates
• call the "File\Add an extension" command
  => the application must not hang up, open the extensions installation dialog window and show the list of available extensions

• please provide the version of Linux used for the validation test
• please precise if you are connected to the Internet through a proxy or not
• if possible and if you use a proxy, please precise if you use a classic proxy configuration or an URL to a dynamic .pac file