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diff --git a/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/pytest/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.rst b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/pytest/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3b4aa95ab --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/web-platform/tests/tools/pytest/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.2.rst @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +pytest-2.4.2: colorama on windows, plugin/tmpdir fixes +=========================================================================== + +pytest-2.4.2 is another bug-fixing release: + +- on Windows require colorama and a newer py lib so that py.io.TerminalWriter() + now uses colorama instead of its own ctypes hacks. (fixes issue365) + thanks Paul Moore for bringing it up. + +- fix "-k" matching of tests where "repr" and "attr" and other names would + cause wrong matches because of an internal implementation quirk + (don't ask) which is now properly implemented. fixes issue345. + +- avoid tmpdir fixture to create too long filenames especially + when parametrization is used (issue354) + +- fix pytest-pep8 and pytest-flakes / pytest interactions + (collection names in mark plugin was assuming an item always + has a function which is not true for those plugins etc.) + Thanks Andi Zeidler. + +- introduce node.get_marker/node.add_marker API for plugins + like pytest-pep8 and pytest-flakes to avoid the messy + details of the node.keywords pseudo-dicts. Adapted + docs. + +- remove attempt to "dup" stdout at startup as it's icky. + the normal capturing should catch enough possibilities + of tests messing up standard FDs. + +- add pluginmanager.do_configure(config) as a link to + config.do_configure() for plugin-compatibility + +as usual, docs at http://pytest.org and upgrades via:: + + pip install -U pytest + +have fun, +holger krekel |