From: Victor Stinner Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 06:42:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: bpo-30283: Add NEWS entry for backported regrtest (#2398) X-Git-Tag: v2.7.14rc1~77 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=305f333a447bc8cff62eece16fab7fe4a9bef71c;p=python bpo-30283: Add NEWS entry for backported regrtest (#2398) --- diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-06-26-11-24-14.bpo-30283.qCQmlm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-06-26-11-24-14.bpo-30283.qCQmlm.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..528dc7a923 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-06-26-11-24-14.bpo-30283.qCQmlm.rst @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +regrtest: Enhance regrtest and backport features from the master branch. + +Add options: --coverage, --testdir, --list-tests (list test files, don't run +them), --list-cases (list test identifiers, don't run them, :issue:`30523`), +--matchfile (load a list of test filters from a text file, :issue:`30540`), +--slowest (alias to --slow). + +Enhance output: add timestamp, test result, currently running tests, "Tests +result: xxx" summary with total duration, etc. + +Fix reference leak hunting in regrtest, --huntrleaks: regrtest now warms up +caches, create explicitly all internal singletons which are created on demand +to prevent false positives when checking for reference leaks. +(:issue:`30675`).