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+pytest-2.9.1
+============
+
+pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests
+against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.
+
+See below for the changes and see docs at:
+
+    http://pytest.org
+
+As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via::
+
+    pip install -U pytest
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:
+
+    Bruno Oliveira                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
+    Daniel Hahler                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
+    Dmitry Malinovsky                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
+    Florian Bruhin                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
+    Floris Bruynooghe                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
+    Matt Bachmann                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
+    Ronny Pfannschmidt                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
+    TomV                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
+    Vladimir Bolshakov                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
+    Zearin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
+    palaviv   
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The py.test Development Team
+
+
+2.9.1 (compared to 2.9.0)
+-------------------------
+
+**Bug Fixes**
+
+* Improve error message when a plugin fails to load.
+  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+
+* Fix (`#1178 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1178>`_):
+  ``pytest.fail`` with non-ascii characters raises an internal pytest error.
+  Thanks `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+
+* Fix (`#469`_): junit parses report.nodeid incorrectly, when params IDs
+  contain ``::``. Thanks `@tomviner`_ for the PR (`#1431`_).
+
+* Fix (`#578 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/578>`_): SyntaxErrors
+  containing non-ascii lines at the point of failure generated an internal
+  py.test error.
+  Thanks `@asottile`_ for the report and `@nicoddemus`_ for the PR.
+
+* Fix (`#1437`_): When passing in a bytestring regex pattern to parameterize
+  attempt to decode it as utf-8 ignoring errors.
+
+* Fix (`#649`_): parametrized test nodes cannot be specified to run on the command line.
+
+
+.. _#1437: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1437
+.. _#469: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/469
+.. _#1431: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1431
+.. _#649: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/649
+
+.. _@asottile: https://github.com/asottile