avocado-framework/avocado

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47.0 The Lost Wife
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The Avocado team is proud to present another release: Avocado version
47.0, aka, "The Lost Wife" now available!

Release documentation: `Avocado 47.0
<http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/47.0/>`_

The major changes introduced on this version are listed below,
roughly categorized into major topics and intended audience:

Users/Test Writers
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 * The :class:`avocado.Test` class now better exports (and protects)
   the core class attributes members (such as ``params`` and
   ``runner_queue``).  These were turned into properties so that
   they're better highlighted in the docs and somehow protected when
   users would try to replace them.

 * Users sending ``SIGTERM`` to Avocado can now expect it to be
   properly handled.  The handling done by Avocado includes sending
   the same ``SIGTERM`` to all children processes.

Internal improvements
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 * The multiplexer has just become a proper plugin, implementing the
   also new :class:`avocado.core.plugin_interfaces.Varianter` interface.

 * The selftests wouldn't check for the proper location of the avocado
   job results directory, and always assumed that
   ``~/avocado/job-results`` exists.  This is now properly verified
   and fixed.

Bug fixes
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 * The UI used to show the number of tests in a ``TESTS:
   <no_of_tests>`` line, but that would not take into account the
   number of variants.  Since the following line also shows the
   current test and the total number of tests (including the variants)
   the ``TESTS: <no_of_tests>`` was removed.

 * The Journal plugin would crash when used with the remote (and
   derivative) runners.

 * The whiteboard would not be created when the current working
   directory would change inside the test.  This was related to the
   ``datadir`` not being returned as an absolute path.

Documentation / Contrib
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 * The ``avocado`` man page (``man 1 avocado``) is now update and
   lists all currently available commands and options.  Since some
   command and options depend on installed plugins, the man page
   includes all "optional" plugins (remote runner, vm runner, docker
   runner and html).

For more information, please check out the complete
`Avocado changelog
<https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/compare/46.0...47.0>`_.

Release Meeting
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The Avocado release meetings are now open to the community via
Hangouts on Air.  The meetings are recorded and made available on the
`Avocado Test Framework YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RVZ_HFTbEztDM7wNY4NfA>`_.

For this release, you can watch the meeting on `this link
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTmgl1Fl20>`_.

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| Sprint theme: https://trello.com/c/HaFLiXyD/928-sprint-theme-the-lost-wife