avocado-framework/avocado

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66.0 Les Misérables
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The Avocado team is proud to present another release: Avocado version
66.0, AKA "Les Misérables", is now available!

Release documentation: `Avocado 66.0
<http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/66.0/>`_

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 :mod:`avocado.utils.vmimage` library got a provider implementation
  for OpenSUSE.  The limitation is that it tracks the general releases,
  and not the rolling releases (called Tumbleweed).

* Users of the :mod:`avocado.utils.kernel` module can now properly specify
  the base URL from which to download the kernel sources.

Bug Fixes
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* The YAML to Mux plugins now properly deals with text encoding and
  work as intended on Python 3.  These were the last existing tests
  that were being skipped in the Python 3 environment, so now all
  existing tests run equally on all Python versions.

Internal Changes
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* Development environments now default to Python 3, that is, if you
  download the Avocado source code, and run ``make develop`` or
  related targets, Python 3 will be favored if available on your
  system.  You can force the Python interpreter version with ``make
  PYTHON=/path/to/python develop``.

* The :mod:`avocado.utils.partition` implementation for the
  ``/etc/mtab`` lock is now based on the :mod:`avocado.utils.filelock`
  module.

For more information, please check out the complete
`Avocado changelog
<https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/compare/65.0...66.0>`_.

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=-5uGGSm9egc>`_.

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