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diff --git a/lib/testtools/NEWS b/lib/testtools/NEWS index 89b942fdbe..55193080ba 100644 --- a/lib/testtools/NEWS +++ b/lib/testtools/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,92 @@ testtools NEWS NEXT ~~~~ +Changes +------- + +* addUnexpectedSuccess is translated to addFailure for test results that don't + know about addUnexpectedSuccess. Further, it fails the entire result for + all testtools TestResults (i.e. wasSuccessful() returns False after + addUnexpectedSuccess has been called). Note that when using a delegating + result such as ThreadsafeForwardingResult, MultiTestResult or + ExtendedToOriginalDecorator then the behaviour of addUnexpectedSuccess is + determined by the delegated to result(s). + (Jonathan Lange, Robert Collins, #654474, #683332) + +* startTestRun will reset any errors on the result. That is, wasSuccessful() + will always return True immediately after startTestRun() is called. This + only applies to delegated test results (ThreadsafeForwardingResult, + MultiTestResult and ExtendedToOriginalDecorator) if the delegated to result + is a testtools test result - we cannot reliably reset the state of unknown + test result class instances. (Jonathan Lange, Robert Collins, #683332) + +* Responsibility for running test cleanups has been moved to ``RunTest``. + This change does not affect public APIs and can be safely ignored by test + authors. (Jonathan Lange, #662647) + +Improvements +------------ + +* Experimental support for running tests that return Deferreds. + (Jonathan Lange, Martin [gz]) + +* Provide a per-test decorator, run_test_with, to specify which RunTest + object to use for a given test. (Jonathan Lange, #657780) + +* Fix the runTest parameter of TestCase to actually work, rather than raising + a TypeError. (Jonathan Lange, #657760) + +* New matcher ``EndsWith`` added to complement the existing ``StartsWith`` + matcher. (Jonathan Lange, #669165) + +* Non-release snapshots of testtools will now work with buildout. + (Jonathan Lange, #613734) + +* Malformed SyntaxErrors no longer blow up the test suite. (Martin [gz]) + +* ``MatchesException`` added to the ``testtools.matchers`` module - matches + an exception class and parameters. (Robert Collins) + +* New ``KeysEqual`` matcher. (Jonathan Lange) + +* New helpers for conditionally importing modules, ``try_import`` and + ``try_imports``. (Jonathan Lange) + +* ``Raises`` added to the ``testtools.matchers`` module - matches if the + supplied callable raises, and delegates to an optional matcher for validation + of the exception. (Robert Collins) + +* ``raises`` added to the ``testtools.matchers`` module - matches if the + supplied callable raises and delegates to ``MatchesException`` to validate + the exception. (Jonathan Lange) + +* ``testools.TestCase.useFixture`` has been added to glue with fixtures nicely. + (Robert Collins) + +* ``testtools.run`` now supports ``-l`` to list tests rather than executing + them. This is useful for integration with external test analysis/processing + tools like subunit and testrepository. (Robert Collins) + +* ``testtools.run`` now supports ``--load-list``, which takes a file containing + test ids, one per line, and intersects those ids with the tests found. This + allows fine grained control of what tests are run even when the tests cannot + be named as objects to import (e.g. due to test parameterisation via + testscenarios). (Robert Collins) + +* Update documentation to say how to use testtools.run() on Python 2.4. + (Jonathan Lange, #501174) + +* ``text_content`` conveniently converts a Python string to a Content object. + (Jonathan Lange, James Westby) + + + +0.9.7 +~~~~~ + +Lots of little cleanups in this release; many small improvements to make your +testing life more pleasant. + Improvements ------------ @@ -16,6 +102,22 @@ Improvements * In normal circumstances, a TestCase will no longer share details with clones of itself. (Andrew Bennetts, bug #637725) +* Less exception object cycles are generated (reduces peak memory use between + garbage collection). (Martin [gz]) + +* New matchers 'DoesNotStartWith' and 'StartsWith' contributed by Canonical + from the Launchpad project. Written by James Westby. + +* Timestamps as produced by subunit protocol clients are now forwarded in the + ThreadsafeForwardingResult so correct test durations can be reported. + (Martin [gz], Robert Collins, #625594) + +* With unittest from Python 2.7 skipped tests will now show only the reason + rather than a serialisation of all details. (Martin [gz], #625583) + +* The testtools release process is now a little better documented and a little + smoother. (Jonathan Lange, #623483, #623487) + 0.9.6 ~~~~~ |