test_ok2/doc/announce/release-1.1.0.txt

py.test/pylib 1.1.0: Python3, Jython, advanced skipping, cleanups ... 
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Features:

* compatible to Python3 (single py2/py3 source), `easy to install`_
* conditional skipping_: skip/xfail based on platform/dependencies
* generalized marking_: mark tests one a whole-class or whole-module basis

Fixes:

* code reduction and "de-magification" (e.g. 23 KLoc -> 11 KLOC)
* distribute testing requires the now separately released execnet_ package 
* funcarg-setup/caching, "same-name" test modules now cause an exlicit error
* de-cluttered reporting options, --report for skipped/xfail details 

Compatibilities

1.1.0 should allow running test code that already worked well with 1.0.2 
plus some more due to improved unittest/nose compatibility.  

More information: http://pytest.org 

thanks and have fun,

holger (http://twitter.com/hpk42)

.. _execnet: http://codespeak.net/execnet
.. _`easy to install`: ../install.html
.. _marking: ../test/plugin/mark.html
.. _skipping: ../test/plugin/skipping.html


Changelog 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0
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* remove py.rest tool and internal namespace - it was
  never really advertised and can still be used with
  the old release if needed.  If there is interest 
  it could be revived into its own tool i guess.

* fix issue48 and issue59: raise an Error if the module
  from an imported test file does not seem to come from 
  the filepath - avoids "same-name" confusion that has
  been reported repeatedly

* merged Ronny's nose-compatibility hacks: now
  nose-style setup_module() and setup() functions are 
  supported

* introduce generalized py.test.mark function marking

* reshuffle / refine command line grouping

* deprecate parser.addgroup in favour of getgroup which creates option group

* add --report command line option that allows to control showing of skipped/xfailed sections 

* generalized skipping: a new way to mark python functions with skipif or xfail 
  at function, class and modules level based on platform or sys-module attributes. 

* extend py.test.mark decorator to allow for positional args

* introduce and test "py.cleanup -d" to remove empty directories 

* fix issue #59 - robustify unittest test collection

* make bpython/help interaction work by adding an __all__ attribute 
  to ApiModule, cleanup initpkg

* use MIT license for pylib, add some contributors

* remove py.execnet code and substitute all usages with 'execnet' proper

* fix issue50 - cached_setup now caches more to expectations 
  for test functions with multiple arguments. 

* merge Jarko's fixes, issue #45 and #46

* add the ability to specify a path for py.lookup to search in

* fix a funcarg cached_setup bug probably only occuring 
  in distributed testing and "module" scope with teardown. 

* many fixes and changes for making the code base python3 compatible,
  many thanks to Benjamin Peterson for helping with this. 

* consolidate builtins implementation to be compatible with >=2.3, 
  add helpers to ease keeping 2 and 3k compatible code

* deprecate py.compat.doctest|subprocess|textwrap|optparse

* deprecate py.magic.autopath, remove py/magic directory 

* move pytest assertion handling to py/code and a pytest_assertion
  plugin, add "--no-assert" option, deprecate py.magic namespaces 
  in favour of (less) py.code ones. 

* consolidate and cleanup py/code classes and files 

* cleanup py/misc, move tests to bin-for-dist 

* introduce delattr/delitem/delenv methods to py.test's monkeypatch funcarg 

* consolidate py.log implementation, remove old approach. 

* introduce py.io.TextIO and py.io.BytesIO for distinguishing between
  text/unicode and byte-streams (uses underlying standard lib io.* 
  if available) 

* make py.unittest_convert helper script available which converts "unittest.py" 
  style files into the simpler assert/direct-test-classes py.test/nosetests
  style.  The script was written by Laura Creighton. 
 
* simplified internal localpath implementation