1pytest-2.3.3: integration fixes, py24 suport, ``*/**`` shown in traceback
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3
4pytest-2.3.3 is a another stabilization release of the py.test tool
5which offers uebersimple assertions, scalable fixture mechanisms
6and deep customization for testing with Python.  Particularly,
7this release provides:
8
9- integration fixes and improvements related to flask, numpy, nose,
10  unittest, mock
11
12- makes pytest work on py24 again (yes, people sometimes still need to use it)
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14- show ``*,**`` args in pytest tracebacks
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16Thanks to Manuel Jacob, Thomas Waldmann, Ronny Pfannschmidt, Pavel Repin
17and Andreas Taumoefolau for providing patches and all for the issues.
18
19See
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21     http://pytest.org/
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23for general information.  To install or upgrade pytest:
24
25    pip install -U pytest # or
26    easy_install -U pytest
27
28best,
29holger krekel
30
31Changes between 2.3.2 and 2.3.3
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33
34- fix issue214 - parse modules that contain special objects like e. g.
35  flask's request object which blows up on getattr access if no request
36  is active. thanks Thomas Waldmann.
37
38- fix issue213 - allow to parametrize with values like numpy arrays that
39  do not support an __eq__ operator
40
41- fix issue215 - split test_python.org into multiple files
42
43- fix issue148 - @unittest.skip on classes is now recognized and avoids
44  calling setUpClass/tearDownClass, thanks Pavel Repin
45
46- fix issue209 - reintroduce python2.4 support by depending on newer
47  pylib which re-introduced statement-finding for pre-AST interpreters
48
49- nose support: only call setup if its a callable, thanks Andrew
50  Taumoefolau
51
52- fix issue219 - add py2.4-3.3 classifiers to TROVE list
53
54- in tracebacks *,** arg values are now shown next to normal arguments
55  (thanks Manuel Jacob)
56
57- fix issue217 - support mock.patch with pytest's fixtures - note that
58  you need either mock-1.0.1 or the python3.3 builtin unittest.mock.
59
60- fix issue127 - improve documentation for pytest_addoption() and
61  add a ``config.getoption(name)`` helper function for consistency.
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