The pytest team is proud to announce the 5.0.0 release!

pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 2000 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.

This release contains a number of bugs fixes and improvements, so users are encouraged to take a look at the CHANGELOG:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html

**As a special note**: The 5.X series is the first series to drop support for Python 2 and Python 3.4. For more details, see our Python 2.7 and 3.4 support plan:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/py27-py34-deprecation.html

For complete documentation, please visit:

https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/

As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via:

pip install -U pytest

Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:

* Anthony Sottile * Bruno Oliveira * Daniel Hahler * Dirk Thomas * Evan Kepner * Florian Bruhin * Hugo * Kevin J. Foley * Pulkit Goyal * Ralph Giles * Ronny Pfannschmidt * Thomas Grainger * Thomas Hisch * Tim Gates * Victor Maryama * Yuri Apollov * Zac Hatfield-Dodds * curiousjazz77 * patriksevallius

Happy testing, The Pytest Development Team