avocado-framework/avocado

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87.0 Braveheart
===============

The Avocado team is proud to present another release: Avocado 87.0,
AKA "Braveheart", is now available!

Release documentation: `Avocado 87.0
<http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/87.0/>`_

Users/Test Writers
==================

* The ``avocado assets`` command has been expanded and now can purge
  the cache based on its overall size.  To keep 4 GiB of the most
  recently accessed files, you can run ``avocado assets
  purge --by-overall-limit=4g``.  For more information, please refer
  to the documentation: :ref:`assets-removing-by-overall-cache-limit`.

* :func:`avocado.skipIf` and :func:`avocado.skipUnless` now allow the
  condition to be a callable, to be evaluate much later, and also
  gives them access to the test class.  For more information, please
  refer to the documentation: :ref:`skip-advanced-conditionals`.

* The presentation of SIMPLE tests have been improved in the sense
  that they're are now much more configurable.  One can now set the
  ``simpletests.status.failure_fields`` to configure how the status
  line shown just after a failed test will look like, and
  ``job.output.testlogs.logfiles`` to determine the files that will
  be shown at the end of the job for failed tests.

Bug Fixes
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* The :mod:`avocaod.core.safeloader` now supports relative imports
  with names, meaning that syntax such as ``from ..upper import foo``
  is not properly parsed.

* The nrunner TAP runner now supports/parses large amounts of data,
  where it would previously crash when buffers were overrun.

* The assets plugin (``avocado assets`` command) now returns
  meaningful exit code on some failures and success situations.

Utility APIs
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* The :mod:`avocado.utils.partition` utility module now properly keeps
  track of loop devices and multiple mounts per device.

Internal Changes
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* The nrunner message handling code was mostly rewritten, with
  specific handlers for specific message types.  Also, the expected
  (mandatory and optional) is now documented.

* The :class:`avocado.core.nrunner.Task` identifier is now
  automatically assigned if one is not explicitly provided.

* The ``selftests/check.py`` Job API-based script now prints a list of
  the failed tests at the end of the job.

* The nrunner standalone runners are now on their own directory on the
  source code tree (``avocado/core/runners``).

* The nrunner base class runner is now an abstract base class.

* The Job's Test suite for the nrunner architecture now contains
  Runnables instead of Tasks, which are a better fit at that stage.
  Tasks will be created closer to the execution of the Job.  This
  solves the dilemma of changing a Task identifier, which should be
  avoided if possible.

* The CI jobs on Cirrus have been expanded to run the selftests in a
  Fedora based container environment, and a simple smokecheck on
  Windows.

* A GitHub actions based job was added to the overall CI systems,
  initially doing the static style/lint checks.

* The selftests have been reorganized into directories for utility
  modules and plugins.  This should, besides making it easier to
  find the test file for a particular featured based on its type,
  also facilitate the repo split.

* A number of test status which are not being used were removed,
  and the current definitions now better match the general style
  and are documented.

* COPR RPM package check not attempts to install a specific package
  NVR (name-version-release).

* Many Python code lint improvements, with new checks added.

Misc Changes
============

* Updated Debian packaging, now based on Pybuild build system

For more information, please check out the complete
`Avocado changelog
<https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/compare/86.0...87.0>`_.