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diff --git a/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.1.1.txt b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.1.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..83e6a1fd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/py/doc/announce/release-1.1.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +py.test/pylib 1.1.1: bugfix release, setuptools plugin registration +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This is a compatibility fixing release of pylib/py.test to work +better with previous 1.0.x test code bases. It also contains fixes +and changes to work with `execnet>=1.0.0`_ to provide distributed +testing and looponfailing testing modes. py-1.1.1 also introduces +a new mechanism for registering plugins via setuptools. + +What is pylib/py.test? +----------------------- + +py.test is an advanced automated testing tool working with +Python2, Python3 and Jython versions on all major operating +systems. It has an extensive plugin architecture and can run many +existing common Python test suites without modification. Moreover, +it offers some unique features not found in other +testing tools. See http://pytest.org for more info. + +The pylib also contains a localpath and svnpath implementation +and some developer-oriented command line tools. See +http://pylib.org for more info. + +thanks to all who helped and gave feedback, +have fun, + +holger (http://twitter.com/hpk42) + +.. _`execnet>=1.0.0`: http://codespeak.net/execnet + +Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.0 +===================================== + +- introduce automatic plugin registration via 'pytest11' + entrypoints via setuptools' pkg_resources.iter_entry_points + +- fix py.test dist-testing to work with execnet >= 1.0.0b4 + +- re-introduce py.test.cmdline.main() for better backward compatibility + +- svn paths: fix a bug with path.check(versioned=True) for svn paths, + allow '%' in svn paths, make svnwc.update() default to interactive mode + like in 1.0.x and add svnwc.update(interactive=False) to inhibit interaction. + +- refine distributed tarball to contain test and no pyc files + +- try harder to have deprecation warnings for py.compat.* accesses + report a correct location |