Mailman 3 July 2020 - pytest-dev

pytest 6.0.1
by Bruno Oliveira July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020

pytest 6.0.1 has just been released to PyPI. This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade:: pip install --upgrade pytest The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html. Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them: * Bruno Oliveira * Mattreex * Ran Benita * hp310780 Happy testing, The pytest Development Team

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maintenance of pytest-html
by Sorin Sbarnea July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020

Apparently release 6.0.0 managed to uncover what I was afraid it would do: breaking not actively maintained plugins. It was a small issue, but enough to cause breakages and chain of dependency pinning for the users. There was nothing wrong with pytest release process, there was a pre-release and also enough time to raise bugs... only if someone would try that pre-release before the release was made. Experience told me that less than 1/1000 users will try it. Can someone help me bring pytest-html plugin to actively maintained status? https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-html/issues/318 For me actively maintained does means it has CI/CD jobs that run scheduled and that also tests unreleased versions of its main dependencies, in that case this means at least "pytest" (and likely ansi2html too). I used this approach with several projects in order to avoid day-zero outages when one dependency makes a new release. That issue also made me discover that there is a gap between the guidelines from https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst#submittin… and the reality. An external contributor is not able to @mention a maintenance team (in fact no proofs that it even exists) so PRs may be lingering for a while or ever without knowing who could be able to help moving them. Only practical solution I found so far was to dig the commit history and make guesses who is likely to be a core, dig for his online contacts and hope he receives your call and happens to be available or willing to help. Sadly is a gambling most of us already do all the day and I am not sure how it can be improved. This should not be ignored because most occasional contributors are never going to try to contribute again if their initial work is not reviewed, making maintenance even harder. While I am trying to sort the pytest-html issue right now, I do have few more generic questions: How are users expected to contact those with power of making a change on any project under pytest-dev organization? Is this mailinglist the only option? I personally dislike mailing lists and avoid them. I find them as a communication barrier to occasional contributions. You can only post to them if you subscribe, no way to reply to a thread if you were not subscribed when original message was posted. Why not an online forum, where anyone can do a social login and post a message/reply or watch a specific topic he is interested in, without having to expose his email and subscribe to far more than he may want? Two easy alternatives are either Github discussions (beta opt-in, can provide details) or just using https://discuss.python.org/ -- where we could use a category or tag, which both can allow subscript, in addition to topic subscription. I do have a lot of admiration for pytest ecosystem in general and more than happy to help it grow. Cheers Sorin Sbarnea

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pytest 6.0.0 released!
by Bruno Oliveira July 28, 2020

July 28, 2020

The pytest team is proud to announce the 6.0.0 release! pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than 2000 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. This release contains a bunch of new goodies such as typing annotations, pyproject.toml, new hooks, and new command-line flags. CHANGELOG: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html For complete documentation, please visit: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/ As usual, you can upgrade from PyPI via: pip install -U pytest Thanks to all users who have tested the 6.0.0rc1 release, it really helped us out nail down a few problems before the final release. Also many thanks to all contributors, among them: * Alfredo Deza * Andreas Maier * Andrew * Anthony Sottile * ArtyomKaltovich * Arvin Firouzi * Bruno Oliveira * Claire Cecil * Curt J. Sampson * Daniel * Daniel Hahler * Danny Sepler * David Diaz Barquero * Debi Mishra * earonesty * Fabio Zadrozny * Felix Nieuwenhuizen * Florian Bruhin * Florian Dahlitz * Garrett Thomas * gaurav dhameeja * gdhameeja * Gleb Nikonorov * Hugo van Kemenade * Hunter Richards * ibriquem * Katarzyna Król * Katrin Leinweber * Kelton Bassingthwaite * Keri Volans * Kostis Anagnostopoulos * Lewis Belcher * Lewis Cowles * Lukas Geiger * Martin Michlmayr * Mattwmaster58 * Maximilian Cosmo Sitter * mcsitter * Miro Hrončok * Nikolay Kondratyev * Pavel Karateev * Paweł Wilczyński * piotrhm * Prashant Anand * Ram Rachum * Ran Benita * Ronny Pfannschmidt * Ruaridh Williamson * Simon K * smarie * symonk * Tim Hoffmann * Tor Colvin * Vlad-Radz * Xinbin Huang * xuiqzy * Zac Hatfield-Dodds Happy testing, The pytest Development Team

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my limited/reduced availability until at least mid-september/october
by Ronny Pfannschmidt July 21, 2020

July 21, 2020

Hi everyone, i just wanted to inform everyone, that due to corona and my specific family situation, we are still in a mitigation situation. This is one of the key factors of my reduced engagement with pytest and the community. By September we will move into into a new flat and get daycare for the toddler again. Once we are settled after that and had some time to relax+reorient i'll pick up more pytest joy again. Regards and stay healthy Ronny

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pytest-vnet: new plugin for running mininet tests
by Guillermo Rodriguez July 19, 2020

July 19, 2020

Hello all New to the list!, recently needed to run some python code using mininet to test some python p2p applications: http://mininet.org/ https://github.com/mininet/mininet/blob/master/examples/emptynet.py From the home page: "Mininet creates a realistic virtual network, running real kernel, switch and application code, on a single machine (VM, cloud or native), in seconds". The real need was a way to run my test suite and have the tests that use mininet run in the VM and report the results back to the host pytest session. https://github.com/guilledk/pytest-vnet Right now the tests must be fully self contained (include their imports), as the system works by dynamically creating python scripts inside a docker container, running them and catching exceptions. Moving forward error logging improvements will be prioritized (right now a generic AssertionError with the captured traceback is shown but line numbers are all messed up), also sliming down the base docker image. Any feedback appreciated Guillermo Rodriguez

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pytest 6.0.0rc1 released
by Bruno Oliveira July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020

pytest 6.0.0rc1 has just been released to PyPI. This is a prerelease to help identify any issues before the final 6.0.0. Please use this version to run your test suite and report any problems! To upgrade: pip install --upgrade --pre pytest The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html. Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them: * Alfredo Deza * Andreas Maier * Andrew * Anthony Sottile * ArtyomKaltovich * Bruno Oliveira * Claire Cecil * Curt J. Sampson * Daniel * Daniel Hahler * Danny Sepler * David Diaz Barquero * Fabio Zadrozny * Felix Nieuwenhuizen * Florian Bruhin * Florian Dahlitz * Gleb Nikonorov * Hugo van Kemenade * Hunter Richards * Katarzyna Król * Katrin Leinweber * Keri Volans * Lewis Belcher * Lukas Geiger * Martin Michlmayr * Mattwmaster58 * Maximilian Cosmo Sitter * Nikolay Kondratyev * Pavel Karateev * Paweł Wilczyński * Prashant Anand * Ram Rachum * Ran Benita * Ronny Pfannschmidt * Ruaridh Williamson * Simon K * Tim Hoffmann * Tor Colvin * Vlad-Radz * Xinbin Huang * Zac Hatfield-Dodds * earonesty * gaurav dhameeja * gdhameeja * ibriquem * mcsitter * piotrhm * smarie * symonk * xuiqzy Happy testing, The pytest Development Team

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pytest-cases 2.0.0 is out !
by Sylvain MARIE July 9, 2020

July 9, 2020

Dear pytest-dev members, I am very pleased today to announce that pytest-cases 2.0.0 is finally out ! https://smarie.github.io/python-pytest-cases/ It took me quite some time to work on simplifying the API and improving the internal pytest extension engine (in particular the fixture unions, fixture references, and lazy parameter values), but I think that the result is really worth the wait. I still need to produce some documentation page about the theory of fixture unions and how this modifies parametrization and fixture closures, but the rest of the documentation has been fully updated with readable examples and should be self-sufficient. I hope that the result will look “pytest-y” to you, at least I made my best so that the user experience is as close as pytest as possible! Do not hesitate to share with me any feedback of suggestion that you would have, on the issues page. Kind regards Sylvain _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Quick discussion about this email ? I'm available for Chat on Skype or Teams, or call me at the number below Sylvain MARIE Research Engineer - Analytics & Cloud Platforms EDISON Senior Group Expert [cid:image001.gif@01D655ED.32C01EB0] [cid:image002.jpg@01D655ED.32C01EB0]<http://www.schneider-electric.com/b2b/en/campaign/life-is-on/life-is-on.jsp…> *Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail [FB]<http://blog.schneider-electric.com/> [FB] <https://www.facebook.com/SchneiderElectric> [FB] <https://www.twitter.com/SchneiderElec> [FB] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/schneider-electric> [FB] <https://www.youtube.com/schneidercorporate> [FB] <https://instagram.com/schneiderelectric> [FB] <https://plus.google.com/+schneiderelectric>

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hardcode 4.x mid-2020 EOL
by Thomas Grainger July 4, 2020

July 4, 2020

By most calculations mid-2020 has now passed, I propose hardcoding mid-2020 to some date in the (very) near future, eg 2020-08-01 Thomas Grainger

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