diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.2.txt b/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69130ad62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.7.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+pytest-2.7.2: bug fixes
+=======================
+
+pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests
+against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.
+This release is supposed to be drop-in compatible to 2.7.1.
+
+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
+    Floris Bruynooghe
+    Punyashloka Biswal
+    Aron Curzon
+    Benjamin Peterson
+    Thomas De Schampheleire
+    Edison Gustavo Muenz
+    Holger Krekel
+
+Happy testing,
+The py.test Development Team
+
+
+2.7.2 (compared to 2.7.1)
+-----------------------------
+
+- fix issue767: pytest.raises value attribute does not contain the exception
+  instance on Python 2.6. Thanks Eric Siegerman for providing the test
+  case and Bruno Oliveira for PR.
+
+- Automatically create directory for junitxml and results log.
+  Thanks Aron Curzon.
+
+- fix issue713: JUnit XML reports for doctest failures.
+  Thanks Punyashloka Biswal.
+
+- fix issue735: assertion failures on debug versions of Python 3.4+
+  Thanks Benjamin Peterson.
+
+- fix issue114: skipif marker reports to internal skipping plugin;
+  Thanks Floris Bruynooghe for reporting and Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
+
+- fix issue748: unittest.SkipTest reports to internal pytest unittest plugin.
+  Thanks Thomas De Schampheleire for reporting and Bruno Oliveira for the PR.
+
+- fix issue718: failed to create representation of sets containing unsortable
+  elements in python 2. Thanks Edison Gustavo Muenz
+
+- fix issue756, fix issue752 (and similar issues): depend on py-1.4.29
+  which has a refined algorithm for traceback generation.
+
diff --git a/testing/conftest.py b/testing/conftest.py
index 8bf467866..7ebfccd79 100644
--- a/testing/conftest.py
+++ b/testing/conftest.py
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ import sys
 
 pytest_plugins = "pytester",
 
-import os, py
+import os, py, gc
 
 class LsofFdLeakChecker(object):
     def get_open_files(self):
+        gc.collect()
         out = self._exec_lsof()
         open_files = self._parse_lsof_output(out)
         return open_files
 
     def _exec_lsof(self):
         pid = os.getpid()
-        return py.process.cmdexec("lsof -Ffn0 -p %d" % pid)
+        #return py.process.cmdexec("lsof -Ffn0 -p %d" % pid)
+        return py.process.cmdexec("lsof -p %d" % pid)
 
     def _parse_lsof_output(self, out):
         def isopen(line):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0e315c03b..b0afd479a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,84 +1,71 @@
 [tox]
+minversion=2.0
 distshare={homedir}/.tox/distshare
-envlist=flakes,py26,py27,py34,pypy,py27-pexpect,py33-pexpect,py27-nobyte,py33,py27-xdist,py33-xdist,py27-trial,py33-trial,doctesting,py27-cxfreeze
+envlist=
+     flakes,py26,py27,py33,py34,pypy,
+     {py27,py34}-{pexpect,xdist,trial},
+     py27-nobyte,doctesting,py27-cxfreeze
 
 [testenv]
-changedir=testing
-commands= py.test --lsof -rfsxX --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml []
+commands= py.test --lsof -rfsxX {posargs:testing}
 deps=
     nose
     mock
 
 [testenv:genscript]
-changedir=.
 commands= py.test --genscript=pytest1
 
 [testenv:flakes]
-changedir=
 deps = pytest-flakes>=0.2
 commands = py.test --flakes -m flakes _pytest testing
 
 [testenv:py27-xdist]
-changedir=.
-basepython=python2.7
 deps=pytest-xdist
     mock
     nose
 commands=
-  py.test -n1 -rfsxX \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml {posargs:testing}
+  py.test -n1 -rfsxX {posargs:testing}
 
-[testenv:py33-xdist]
-changedir=.
-basepython=python3.3
+[testenv:py34-xdist]
 deps={[testenv:py27-xdist]deps}
 commands=
-  py.test -n3 -rfsxX \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml testing
+  py.test -n3 -rfsxX testing
 
 [testenv:py27-pexpect]
 changedir=testing
-basepython=python2.7
+platform=linux|darwin
 deps=pexpect
 commands=
   py.test -rfsxX test_pdb.py test_terminal.py test_unittest.py
 
-[testenv:py33-pexpect]
+[testenv:py34-pexpect]
 changedir=testing
-basepython=python3.3
+platform=linux|darwin
 deps={[testenv:py27-pexpect]deps}
 commands=
   py.test -rfsxX test_pdb.py test_terminal.py test_unittest.py
 
 [testenv:py27-nobyte]
-changedir=.
-basepython=python2.7
 deps=pytest-xdist
 distribute=true
 setenv=
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 commands=
-  py.test -n3 -rfsxX \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml {posargs:testing}
+  py.test -n3 -rfsxX {posargs:testing}
 
 [testenv:py27-trial]
-changedir=.
-basepython=python2.7
 deps=twisted
 commands=
-  py.test -rsxf \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml {posargs:testing/test_unittest.py}
+  py.test -rsxf {posargs:testing/test_unittest.py}
 
-[testenv:py33-trial]
-changedir=.
-basepython=python3.3
+[testenv:py34-trial]
+# py34-trial does not work
+platform=linux|darwin  
 deps={[testenv:py27-trial]deps}
 commands=
-  py.test -rsxf \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml {posargs:testing/test_unittest.py}
+  py.test -rsxf {posargs:testing/test_unittest.py}
 
 [testenv:doctest]
-changedir=.
 commands=py.test --doctest-modules _pytest
 deps=
 
@@ -94,13 +81,11 @@ commands=
     make html
 
 [testenv:doctesting]
-basepython=python3.3
 changedir=doc/en
 deps=PyYAML
-commands= py.test -rfsxX --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml []
+commands= py.test -rfsxX {posargs}
 
 [testenv:regen]
-basepython=python3.4
 changedir=doc/en
 deps=sphinx
      PyYAML
@@ -109,32 +94,22 @@ commands=
     #pip install pytest==2.3.4
     make regen
 
-[testenv:py31]
-deps=nose>=1.0
-
-[testenv:py31-xdist]
-deps=pytest-xdist
-commands=
-  py.test -n3 -rfsxX \
-        --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}.xml []
-
 [testenv:jython]
 changedir=testing
 commands=
-    {envpython} {envbindir}/py.test-jython \
-        -rfsxX --junitxml={envlogdir}/junit-{envname}2.xml []
+    {envpython} {envbindir}/py.test-jython -rfsxX {posargs}
 
 [testenv:py27-cxfreeze]
 changedir=testing/cx_freeze
-basepython=python2.7
+platform=linux|darwin
 commands=
     {envpython} install_cx_freeze.py
     {envpython} runtests_setup.py build --build-exe build
     {envpython} tox_run.py
+    
 
 [testenv:coveralls]
 changedir=testing
-basepython=python3.4
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     coveralls
@@ -154,4 +129,4 @@ python_files=test_*.py *_test.py testing/*/*.py
 python_classes=Test Acceptance
 python_functions=test
 pep8ignore = E401 E225 E261 E128 E124 E302
-norecursedirs = .tox ja .hg
+norecursedirs = .tox ja .hg cx_freeze_source