Behave-jenkins

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NEWS and CHANGES:

* NullFormatter provided
* model.Row: Changed Ctor parameter ordering, move seldom used to the end.
* model.Row: Add methods .get(), .as_dict() and len operator (related to: 27).
* Introduce ``behave.compat`` as compatibility layer for Python versions.

IMPROVEMENT:

* issue 117: context.execute_steps() should also support steps with multi-line text or table
* issue 116: SummaryReporter shows list of failing scenarios (provided by: roignac).
* issue 112: Improvement to AmbiguousStep error diagnostics
* issue 74: django-behave module now available at pypi (done: 2012-10-04).
* issue 27: Row should support .get() to be more dict-like

FIXED:

* issue 135: Avoid leaking globals between step modules.
* issue 114: No blank lines when option --no-skipped is used (provided by: florentx).
* issue 111: Comment following wip tag results in scenario being ignored
* issue 83: behave.__main__:main() Various sys.exit issues
* issue 80: source file names not properly printed with python 3.3.0
* issue 62: --format=json: Background steps are missing (fixed: some time ago).

RESOLVED:

* issue 98: Summary should include the names of the first X tests that failed (solved by: 116).

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NEW:

* "progress" formatter added (from jenisy-repo).
* Add "issue.features/" to simplify verification/validation of issues (from jenisy-repo).

FIXED:

* issue 107: test/ directory gets installed into site-packages
* issue 99: Layout variation "a directory containing your feature files" is broken for running single features
* issue 96: Sub-steps failed without any error info to help debug issue
* issue 85: AssertionError with nested regex and pretty formatter
* issue 84: behave.runner behave does not reliably detected failed test runs
* issue 75: behave list_of_features.txt is broken.
* issue 73: current_matcher is not predictable.
* issue 72: Using GHERKIN_COLORS caused an TypeError.
* issue 70: JUnitReporter: Generates invalid UTF-8 in CDATA sections (stdout/stderr output) when ANSI escapes are used.
* issue 69: JUnitReporter: Fault when processing ScenarioOutlines with failing steps
* issue 67: JSON formatter cannot serialize tables.
* issue 66: context.table and context.text are not cleared.
* issue 65: unrecognized --tag-help argument.
* issue 64: Exit status not set to 1 even there are failures in certain cases (related to: 52)
* issue 63: 'ScenarioOutline' object has no attribute 'stdout'.
* issue 35: "behave --format=plain --tags one" seems to execute right scenario w/ wrong steps
* issue 32: "behave ... --junit-directory=xxx" fails for more than 1 level

RESOLVED:

* issue 81: Allow defining steps in a separate library.
* issue 78: Added references to django-behave (pull-request).
* issue 77: Does not capture stdout from sub-processes

REJECTED:

* issue 109: Insists that implemented tests are not implemented (not reproducable)
* issue 100: Forked package installs but won't run on RHEL.
* issue 88: Python 3 compatibility changes (=> use 2to3 tool instead).

DUPLICATED:

* issue 106: When path is to a feature file only one folder level usable (same as 99).
* issue 105: behave's exit code only depends on the last scenario of the last feature (same as 95).
* issue 95: Failed test run still returns exit code 0 (same as 84, 64).
* issue 94: JUnit format does not handle ScenarioOutlines (same as 69).
* issue 92: Output from --format=plain shows skipped steps in next scenario (same as 35).
* issue 34: "behave --version" runs features, but shows no version (same as 30)

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* Fix for an error when an assertion message contains Unicode characters.
* Don't repr() the step text in snippets to avoid turning Unicode text into
backslash hell.

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* Fixes for JSON output.
* Move summary reporter and snippet output to stderr.

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* Changed step name provided in snippets to avoid issues with the step
decorator.
* Use setup to create console scripts.
* Fixed installation on Windows.
* Fix ANSI escape sequences for cursor movement and text colourisation.
* Fixes for various command-line argument issues.
* Only print snippets once per unique step.
* Reworked logging capture.
* Fixes for dry-run mode.
* General fixes.

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* Context variable now contains current configuration.
* Context values can now be tested for (``name in context``) and deleted.
* ``__file__`` now available inside step definition files.
* Fixes for various formatting issues.
* Add support for configuration files.
* Add finer-grained controls for various things like log capture, coloured
output, etc.
* Fixes for tag handling.
* Various documentation enhancements, including an example of full-stack
testing with Django thanks to David Eyk.
* Split reports into a set of modules, add junit output.
* Added work-in-progress ("wip") mode which is useful when developing new code
or new tests. See documentation for more details.