Hi all, i just released some bits related to automated testing with Python: py-1.2.0: py.test core which grew junitxml, standalone-script generation pytest-xdist-1.0: separately installable dist-testing & looponfailing plugin pytest-figleaf-1.0: separately installable figleaf-coverage testing plugin See below or at this URL for the announcement: http://pylib.org/announce/release-1.2.0.html If you didn't experience much speed-up or previously had problems with distributed testing i recommend you try to install "pytest-xdist" now and see if it works better. For me it speeds up some tests runs by 500% on a 4 CPU machine due to its better internal model and several fixes. (It's five times because several tests depend on IO and don't block CPU meanwhile). Another tip: if you use "pip" (best with a virtualenv) you can do e.g.: pip install pytest-xdist pip uninstall pytest-xdist to conveniently activate/deactivate plugins for py.test. easy_install works ok as well but has no uninstall, yet remains the only option for installing with Python3 at the moment, though. You need to use the fine 'distribute' project's easy_install for the latter. cheers & have fun, holger py.test/pylib 1.2.0: junitxml, standalone test scripts, pluginization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- py.test is an advanced automated testing tool working with Python2, Python3 and Jython versions on all major operating systems. It has a simple plugin architecture and can run many existing common Python test suites without modification. It offers some unique features not found in other testing tools. See http://pytest.org for more info. py.test 1.2.0 brings many bug fixes and interesting new abilities: * --junitxml=path will create an XML file for use with CI processing * --genscript=path creates a standalone py.test-equivalent test-script * --ignore=path prevents collection of anything below that path * --confcutdir=path only lookup conftest.py test configs below that path * a 'pytest_report_header' hook to add info to the terminal report header * a 'pytestconfig' function argument gives direct access to option values * 'pytest_generate_tests' can now be put into a class as well * on CPython py.test additionally installs as "py.test-VERSION", on Jython as py.test-jython and on PyPy as py.test-pypy-XYZ Apart from many bug fixes 1.2.0 also has better pluginization: Distributed testing and looponfailing testing now live in the separately installable 'pytest-xdist' plugin. The same is true for 'pytest-figleaf' for doing coverage reporting. Those two plugins can serve well now as blue prints for doing your own. thanks to all who helped and gave feedback, have fun, holger krekel, January 2010 Changes between 1.2.0 and 1.1.1 ===================================== - moved dist/looponfailing from py.test core into a new separately released pytest-xdist plugin. - new junitxml plugin: --junitxml=path will generate a junit style xml file which is processable e.g. by the Hudson CI system. - new option: --genscript=path will generate a standalone py.test script which will not need any libraries installed. thanks to Ralf Schmitt. - new option: --ignore will prevent specified path from collection. Can be specified multiple times. - new option: --confcutdir=dir will make py.test only consider conftest files that are relative to the specified dir. - new funcarg: "pytestconfig" is the pytest config object for access to command line args and can now be easily used in a test. - install 'py.test' and `py.which` with a ``-$VERSION`` suffix to disambiguate between Python3, python2.X, Jython and PyPy installed versions. - new "pytestconfig" funcarg allows access to test config object - new "pytest_report_header" hook can return additional lines to be displayed at the header of a test run. - (experimental) allow "py.test path::name1::name2::..." for pointing to a test within a test collection directly. This might eventually evolve as a full substitute to "-k" specifications. - streamlined plugin loading: order is now as documented in customize.html: setuptools, ENV, commandline, conftest. also setuptools entry point names are turned to canonical namees ("pytest_*") - automatically skip tests that need 'capfd' but have no os.dup - allow pytest_generate_tests to be defined in classes as well - deprecate usage of 'disabled' attribute in favour of pytestmark - deprecate definition of Directory, Module, Class and Function nodes in conftest.py files. Use pytest collect hooks instead. - collection/item node specific runtest/collect hooks are only called exactly on matching conftest.py files, i.e. ones which are exactly below the filesystem path of an item - change: the first pytest_collect_directory hook to return something will now prevent further hooks to be called. - change: figleaf plugin now requires --figleaf to run. Also change its long command line options to be a bit shorter (see py.test -h). - change: pytest doctest plugin is now enabled by default and has a new option --doctest-glob to set a pattern for file matches. - change: remove internal py._* helper vars, only keep py._pydir - robustify capturing to survive if custom pytest_runtest_setup code failed and prevented the capturing setup code from running. - make py.test.* helpers provided by default plugins visible early - works transparently both for pydoc and for interactive sessions which will regularly see e.g. py.test.mark and py.test.importorskip. - simplify internal plugin manager machinery - simplify internal collection tree by introducing a RootCollector node - fix assert reinterpreation that sees a call containing "keyword=..." - fix issue66: invoke pytest_sessionstart and pytest_sessionfinish hooks on slaves during dist-testing, report module/session teardown hooks correctly. - fix issue65: properly handle dist-testing if no execnet/py lib installed remotely. - skip some install-tests if no execnet is available - fix docs, fix internal bin/ script generation -- ----- End forwarded message ----- --