# pytest-2.5.2: fixes

pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1000 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.

The 2.5.2 release fixes a few bugs with two maybe-bugs remaining and actively being worked on (and waiting for the bug reporter’s input). We also have a new contribution guide thanks to Piotr Banaszkiewicz and others.

See docs at:

> http://pytest.org

As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via:

    pip install -U pytest

Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:

> Anatoly Bubenkov Ronny Pfannschmidt Floris Bruynooghe Bruno Oliveira Andreas Pelme Jurko Gospodnetić Piotr Banaszkiewicz Simon Liedtke lakka Lukasz Balcerzak Philippe Muller Daniel Hahler

have fun, holger krekel

## 2.5.2

- fix issue409 – better interoperate with cx_freeze by not trying to import from collections.abc which causes problems for py27/cx_freeze. Thanks Wolfgang L. for reporting and tracking it down.
- fixed docs and code to use “pytest” instead of “py.test” almost everywhere. Thanks Jurko Gospodnetic for the complete PR.
- fix issue425: mention at end of “py.test -h” that –markers and –fixtures work according to specified test path (or current dir)
- fix issue413: exceptions with unicode attributes are now printed correctly also on python2 and with pytest-xdist runs. (the fix requires py-1.4.20)
- copy, cleanup and integrate py.io capture from pylib 1.4.20.dev2 (rev 13d9af95547e)
- address issue416: clarify docs as to conftest.py loading semantics
- fix issue429: comparing byte strings with non-ascii chars in assert expressions now work better. Thanks Floris Bruynooghe.
- make capfd/capsys.capture private, its unused and shouldnt be exposed