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diff --git a/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.0.0.txt b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.0.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7024255a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.0.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ + +pylib 1.0.0 released: testing-with-python innovations continue +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Took a few betas but finally i uploaded a `1.0.0 py lib release`_, +featuring the mature and powerful py.test tool and "execnet-style" +*elastic* distributed programming. With the new release, there are +many new advanced automated testing features - here is a quick summary: + +* funcargs_ - pythonic zero-boilerplate fixtures for Python test functions : + + - totally separates test code, test configuration and test setup + - ideal for integration and functional tests + - allows for flexible and natural test parametrization schemes + +* new `plugin architecture`_, allowing easy-to-write project-specific and cross-project single-file plugins. The most notable new external plugin is `oejskit`_ which naturally enables **running and reporting of javascript-unittests in real-life browsers**. + +* many new features done in easy-to-improve `default plugins`_, highlights: + + * xfail: mark tests as "expected to fail" and report separately. + * pastebin: automatically send tracebacks to pocoo paste service + * capture: flexibly capture stdout/stderr of subprocesses, per-test ... + * monkeypatch: safely monkeypatch modules/classes from within tests + * unittest: run and integrate traditional unittest.py tests + * figleaf: generate html coverage reports with the figleaf module + * resultlog: generate buildbot-friendly reporting output + * ... + +* `distributed testing`_ and `elastic distributed execution`_: + + - new unified "TX" URL scheme for specifying remote processes + - new distribution modes "--dist=each" and "--dist=load" + - new sync/async ways to handle 1:N communication + - improved documentation + +The py lib continues to offer most of the functionality used by +the testing tool in `independent namespaces`_. + +Some non-test related code, notably greenlets/co-routines and +api-generation now live as their own projects which simplifies the +installation procedure because no C-Extensions are required anymore. + +The whole package should work well with Linux, Win32 and OSX, on Python +2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6. (Expect Python3 compatibility soon!) + +For more info, see the py.test and py lib documentation: + + http://pytest.org + + http://pylib.org + +have fun, +holger + +.. _`independent namespaces`: http://pylib.org +.. _`funcargs`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/funcargs.html +.. _`plugin architecture`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/extend.html +.. _`default plugins`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/plugin/index.html +.. _`distributed testing`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/dist.html +.. _`elastic distributed execution`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/execnet.html +.. _`1.0.0 py lib release`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/py +.. _`oejskit`: http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/plugin/oejskit.html + |