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+Continuous Integration
+======================
+Continuous integration for fwupd is provided by (Travis CI)[www.travis-ci.org].
+
+By using Travis CI, builds are exercised across a variety of environments attempting to maximize code coverage.
+For every commit or pull request 3 builds are performed:
+
+Fedora
+------
+
+* A fully packaged RPM build with all plugins enabled
+* Tests with -Werror enabled
+* Tests with the built in local test suite for all plugins.
+* All packages are installed
+* An installed testing run with the "test" plugin and pulling from LVFS.
+
+Debian unstable
+------
+
+* A fully packaged DEB build with all plugins enabled
+* Tests with -Werror enabled
+* Tests with the built in local test suite for all plugins.
+* All packages are installed
+* An installed testing run with the "test" plugin and pulling from LVFS.
+* All packages are removed
+
+Arch Linux
+------
+
+* A fully packaged pkg build with all plugins enabled
+* Tests with -Werror enabled
+* Compile with the deprecated USB plugin enabled
+* Tests with the built in local test suite for all plugins.
+* All packages are installed