pytest-2.8.3: bug fixes

pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than 1100 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. This release is supposed to be drop-in compatible to 2.8.2.

See below for the changes and see docs at:

http://pytest.org

As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via::

pip install -U pytest

Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:

    Bruno Oliveira
    Freya Bruhin
    Gabe Hollombe
    Gabriel Reis
    Hartmut Goebel
    John Vandenberg
    Lee Kamentsky
    Michael Birtwell
    Raphael Pierzina
    Ronny Pfannschmidt
    William Martin Stewart

Happy testing, The py.test Development Team

2.8.3 (compared to 2.8.2)

• fix #1169: add name attribute to testcases in TestCaseFunction to support the @unittest.skip decorator on functions and methods. Thanks Lee Kamentsky for the PR.

• fix #1035: collecting tests if test module level obj has getattr(). Thanks Suor for the report and Bruno Oliveira / Tom Viner for the PR.

• fix #331: don't collect tests if their failure cannot be reported correctly e.g. they are a callable instance of a class.

• fix #1133: fixed internal error when filtering tracebacks where one entry belongs to a file which is no longer available. Thanks Bruno Oliveira for the PR.

• enhancement made to highlight in red the name of the failing tests so they stand out in the output. Thanks Gabriel Reis for the PR.

• add more talks to the documentation

• extend documentation on the --ignore cli option

• use pytest-runner for setuptools integration

• minor fixes for interaction with OS X El Capitan system integrity protection (thanks Florian)