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Author: Pekka Klärck
Date: Thu Jan 12 04:16:52 2012
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+#summary Robot Framework 2.7 pre-releases
+
+<wiki:toc max_depth="2"/>
+
+= Robot Framework 2.7 Preview Releases =
+
+Robot Framework 2.7 is a new major release with loads of bigger
+and smaller enhancements and bug fixes. Before the final release there
+will be some alpha, beta, and release candidate releases in order
+
+ * to make the already implemented features available to users,
+ * to get feedback about the new features and enhancements, and
+ * to allow users to test the new version on their environments.
+
+Please submit possible bugs you encounter with the preview releases to
+the [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/list issue tracker]
+and send general comments and questions to the [MailingLists mailing
lists].
+
+== Downloads and installation ==
+
+The latest pre-release is always available on the
+[http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/downloads/list download page].
+
+You can follow the normal [Installation installation instructions]
+when installing RF 2.7 releases. If you have an earlier Robot version
installed
+it should be safe to install over it. Removing the old version first is
always
+safer, though, and should always be done if installation fails or running
+tests always fails mysteriously.
+
+== Compatibility with RIDE ==
+
+Latest [http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-ride/ RIDE] versions
+are not anymore dependent on the installed Robot Framework version. It
+is thus safe to install RF 2.7 releases alongside RIDE.
+
+= Most important enhancements and new features =
+
+
+
+= Backwards incompatible changes =
+
+All potentially backwards incompatible issues are
+[http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/list?can=1&q=target%3D2.7+label%3Dbwic
labeled
with `bwic` label in the issue tracker].
+Why these changes may cause problems will be explained thoroughly
+later when these release notes are improved.
+
+= Deprecated features =
+
+There are not too many deprecated features in this release, but the ones
that
+have been deprecated are
+[http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/list?can=1&q=target%3D2.7+label%3Ddepr
labeled
with `depr` label in the issue tracker].
+Why these features were deprecated will be explained thoroughly
+later when these release notes are improved.
+
+
+= Acknowledgements =
+
+Thanks to Imran for suggesting and implementing issue 1015.
+
+= Robot Framework 2.7 Alpha 1 =
+|| *ID* || *Type* || *Priority* || *Summary* ||
+|| Issue 865 || Enhancement || Critical || Faster and more memory
efficient log and report generation with rebot ||
+|| Issue 1003 || Defect || High || Log time differs from system time ||
+|| Issue 551 || Defect || Medium || Recursive user keywords can break the
whole test execution ||
+|| Issue 979 || Defect || Medium || If a library implemented as a
directory is in execution directory, importing it can result in corrupted
library with Python 2.5 and 2.6 ||
+|| Issue 985 || Defect || Medium || Logging with logging API when timeout
is used does not work ||
+|| Issue 986 || Defect || Medium || --tagdoc doesn't work if tag has
underscore in name ||
+|| Issue 988 || Defect || Medium || Variables used in embedded argument
syntax leak to caller ||
+|| Issue 998 || Defect || Medium || `logging` module is configured to emit
messages with unnecessarily low level ||
+|| Issue 1022 || Defect || Medium || Setting non-string message to tests
with `BuiltIn.Set Test Message` keyword crashes execution ||
+|| Issue 1026 || Defect || Medium || Repeated execution of robotframework
from java causes PermGen OutOfMemoryError ||
+|| Issue 1029 || Defect || Medium || RunnerFactory returns instance with
the same state on multiple invocations ||
+|| Issue 647 || Enhancement || Medium || Comments are not handled well in
parsing model ||
+|| Issue 675 || Enhancement || Medium || DryRun should support `Import
Library` keyword ||
+|| Issue 871 || Enhancement || Medium || Timeout speed optimization ||
+|| Issue 1011 || Enhancement || Medium || Add keyword 'Split String To
Characters' keyword ||
+|| Issue 1015 || Enhancement || Medium || Attribute source to be passed on
start/end suite listener methods ||
+|| Issue 1031 || Enhancement || Medium || Log: Keep noncritically failed
tests closed ||
+|| Issue 510 || Defect || Low || Output files use Unix line endings on
Windows ||
+|| Issue 920 || Defect || Low || Statistics graph sometimes has a small
gray area at the end ||
+|| Issue 982 || Defect || Low || Hexadecimal HTML entiry references (e.g.
☃) are not parsed correctly ||
+|| Issue 1019 || Enhancement || Low || Cleaner error message when
importing test libraries or variable files fails ||
+
+Altogether 21 issues.
+
