avocado-framework/avocado

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85.0 Bacurau
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The Avocado team is proud to present another release: Avocado 85.0,
AKA "Bacurau", is now available!

Release documentation: `Avocado 85.0
<http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/85.0/>`_

Users/Test Writers
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* It's now possible to set a timeout (via the ``task.timeout.running``
  configuration option) for nrunner tasks.  Effectively this works
  as an execution timeout for tests run with ``--test-runner=nrunner``.

* Users of the asset feature can now register their own assets with a
  ``avocado assets register`` command.  Then, the registered asset can
  be used transparently with the
  :meth:`avocado.core.test.Test.fetch_asset` by its name.  This
  feature helps with tests that need to use assets that can not
  be downloaded by Avocado itself.

Utility APIs
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* The :mod:`avocado.utils.cloudinit` module will give a better error
  message when the system is not capable of creating ISO images, with
  a solution for resolution.

* The :mod:`avocado.utils.vmimage` can now access both current and
  non-current Fedora versions (which are hosted at different
  locations).

* The :mod:`avocado.utils.network.interfaces` now supports setting
  configuration for SuSE based systems.

Internal Changes
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* The ``make link``, useful for developing Avocado with external
  plugins (say Avocado-VT), became ``make develop-external``, and
  it requires the ``AVOCADO_EXTERNAL_PLUGINS_PATH`` variable to
  now be set.

* Various cleanups to the ``Makefile`` and consolidation into the
  ``setup.py`` file.

* A large number additional lint and style checks and fixes were
  added.

* The "SoB" check (``selftests/signedoff-check.sh``) is now case
  insensitive.

Misc Changes
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For more information, please check out the complete
`Avocado changelog
<https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/compare/84.0...85.0>`_.