pytest-2.9.1
============

pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than 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 :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.

* Fix (:issue:`1178`):
  ``pytest.fail`` with non-ascii characters raises an internal pytest error.
  Thanks :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.

* Fix (:issue:`469`): junit parses report.nodeid incorrectly, when params IDs
  contain ``::``. Thanks :user:`tomviner` for the PR (:pull:`1431`).

* Fix (:issue:`578`): SyntaxErrors
  containing non-ascii lines at the point of failure generated an internal
  py.test error.
  Thanks :user:`asottile` for the report and :user:`nicoddemus` for the PR.

* Fix (:issue:`1437`): When passing in a bytestring regex pattern to parameterize
  attempt to decode it as utf-8 ignoring errors.

* Fix (:issue:`649`): parametrized test nodes cannot be specified to run on the command line.