Revision: dbe941c8d9a8
Author: Janne Härkönen <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Apr 20 22:30:24 2011
Log: wiki: initial notes for 2.5.7
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?repo=wiki&r=dbe941c8d9a8
Modified:
/ReleaseNotes25.wiki
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--- /ReleaseNotes25.wiki Mon Feb 7 05:45:45 2011
+++ /ReleaseNotes25.wiki Wed Apr 20 22:30:24 2011
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Questions and comments related to the
release can be sent to the [MailingLists mailing lists] and possible
-bugs submitted to
+bugs submitted to
the [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues issue tracker].
= Downloads =
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
Robot Framework 2.1.3 already works with Jython 2.5 but there were
some rough edges . Nowadays Jython 2.5 is fully and officially
-supported (issue 198), and even installation using it works
+supported (issue 198), and even installation using it works
(issue 547).
= Backwards incompatible changes =
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
* `robotidy.py` tool was removed (issue 553).
* `:FOR` loops without body or without values to loop over fail (issue
560).
* New automatic variable `${SUITE SOURCE}` may overwrite existing
variables with the same name (issue 346).
- * The way how test suite, test case, user keyword, and metadata names
are created was changed (issue 377 and issue 562).
+ * The way how test suite, test case, user keyword, and metadata names
are created was changed (issue 377 and issue 562).
* Deprecated `mode` argument of `Create File` keyword was changed to
`encoding` (issue 256).
* Deprecated `pattern_type` argument was removed from `Grep File` and
`List Directory` keywords (issue 258 and issue 260).
* Deprecated `return_mode` argument was removed from `Run` keyword
(issue 358).
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@
Robot Framework 2.5.3 was mainly created to fix a critical bug in the
new JAR distribution on Windows (issue 629). It also contains fully RF
2.5.x compatible User Guide (issue 632), fixes to console output alignment
-with East Asian characters based on a clever patch by xieyanbo (issue
604), and some less
-critical fixes and enhancements that were originally descoped from the
+with East Asian characters based on a clever patch by xieyanbo (issue
604), and some less
+critical fixes and enhancements that were originally descoped from the
2.5.2 release.
Robot Framework 2.5.3 was released on Tuesday 2010-08-31.
@@ -395,19 +395,19 @@
2.5.5 was released on Friday 2010-12-10.
Questions and comments related to the release can be sent to the
-[MailingLists mailing lists], and possible bugs submitted to
+[MailingLists mailing lists], and possible bugs submitted to
the [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues issue tracker].
== Installation ==
See [Installation installation instructions] for detailed installation and
upgrading instructions. If you have an earlier 2.5.x release installed,
-it should be safe to install this version over it without uninstallation.
+it should be safe to install this version over it without uninstallation.
== Mosts important features and fixes ==
The most interesting new features are initial [DotNetSupport support
for .NET]
-via !IronPython (issue 154), built-in support for producing xUnit
compatible
+via !IronPython (issue 154), built-in support for producing xUnit
compatible
outputs (issue 442), and Python support and general cleanup for
[ScreenshotLibrary Screenshot library] (issue 692 and issue 732). The
biggest fixes
are Java 1.5 support for the JAR distribution (issue 690)
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@
All known backwards incompatible changes are related to cleaning up
[ScreenshotLibrary Screenshot library] (issue 732). The default saving
location
of screenshots was changed from the system temporary directory to the
directory
-where the execution log file is written. This should not matter in tests,
but
+where the execution log file is written. This should not matter in tests,
but
possible external scripts handling the screenshots may be affected. At the
same time
configuration argument `log_file_directory` was deprecated (that
information is
nowadays got automatically) and old screenshot taking keywords were marked
obsolete.
-== Acknowledgements ==
+== Acknowledgements ==
Big thanks to everyone who has submitted reports, suggested fixes, or
otherwise helped
to make 2.5.5 a great release. Special thanks to Régis Desgroppes for an
excellent patch
@@ -465,14 +465,14 @@
2.5.6 was released on Friday 2011-02-07.
Questions and comments related to the release can be sent to the
-[MailingLists mailing lists], and possible bugs submitted to
+[MailingLists mailing lists], and possible bugs submitted to
the [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues issue tracker].
== Installation ==
See [Installation installation instructions] for detailed installation and
upgrading instructions. If you have an earlier 2.5.x release installed,
-it should be safe to install this version over it without uninstallation.
+it should be safe to install this version over it without uninstallation.
== Mosts important features and fixes ==
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
=== Enhanced color support on console ===
-Colors are now supported also on Windows (issue 753) except when using
Jython. Colors are also automatically turned off when the console output is
redirected into a file (issue 777). This makes using option
`--monitorcolors off` unnecessary, for example, when tests are started by a
continuous integration system.
+Colors are now supported also on Windows (issue 753) except when using
Jython. Colors are also automatically turned off when the console output is
redirected into a file (issue 777). This makes using option
`--monitorcolors off` unnecessary, for example, when tests are started by a
continuous integration system.
=== Easier disabling of setup, teardown, template, timeout and tags ===
@@ -516,3 +516,28 @@
|| Issue 590 || Documentation || Low || Document that `PYTHONCASEOK`
environment variable should not be set ||
Altogether 17 issues.
+
+
+= Robot Framework 2.5.7 =
+
+Robot Framework 2.5.7 is a release with some minor fixes and enhancements.
New
+features and fixes are listed below, and installers and other packages are
+available on the [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/downloads/list
+download page]. Robot Framework 2.5.7 was released on Friday 2011-04-21.
+
+== List of fixes and enhancements in 2.5.7 ==
+
+|| *ID* || *Type* || *Priority* || *Summary* ||
+|| Issue 804 || Defect || High || Cannot run tests if execution directory
has non-ascii characters ||
+|| Issue 815 || Defect || High || Execution crashes if registering signal
handler fails on Jython ||
+|| Issue 791 || Enhancement || High || `--removekeywords passed` should
not remove warnings ||
+|| Issue 789 || Defect || Medium || Unsufficient error message if resource
or init files contain test cases ||
+|| Issue 820 || Defect || Medium || Test criticality written to output XML
before it is finally determined ||
+|| Issue 803 || Enhancement || Medium || A command line option for
disabling status return code ||
+|| Issue 816 || Enhancement || Medium || Issue warning when signal
handlers cannot be registered ||
+|| Issue 817 || Enhancement || Medium || Bad error message when `Should Be
Equal` compares items that have same string representation but different
type ||
+|| Issue 781 || Defect || Low || Console colors on Windows always have
black background ||
+|| Issue 818 || Defect || Low || Syslog is written using unix line
separators on Windows ||
+
+Altogether 10 issues.
+
