avocado-framework/avocado

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54.1 House of Cards (minor release)
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Right on the heels of the 54.0 release, the Avocado team would like to
apologize for a mistake that made into that version.  The following
change, as documented on 54.0 has been **reverted** on this 54.1
release:

* Test ID format Avocado has been using for a while received a
  minor tweak, to allow for better serialization into some filesystem
  types, such as Microsoft Windows' ones.  Basically, the character
  that precedes the variant name, a separator, used to be ``;``, which
  is not allowed on some filesystems.  Now, a ``+`` character is used.
  A Test ID ``sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test;short-beaf`` on a previous
  Avocado version is now ``sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test+short-beaf``.

The reason for the revert and the new release, is that the actual
character causing trouble in Windows filesystems was "lost in
translation".  The culprit was the ``:`` character, and not ``;``.
This means that the Variant ID separator character change was
unnecessary, and another fix is necessary.

Release documentation: `Avocado 54.1
<http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/54.1/>`_

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

For more information, please check out the complete
`Avocado changelog
<https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/compare/54.0...54.1>`_.