Robot Framework 7.2 release candidate 1 is out!
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Pekka Klärck
Dec 31, 2024, 5:57:56 AM12/31/24
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Hi all,
The only concrete change compared to the beta that was released on
December 12 is that the source distribution format has been changed
from `zip` to `tar.gz` that is nowadays the standard. That change
shouldn't affect normal users at all. For more details about
everything else that Robot Framework 7.2 brings, see the earlier beta
announcement or the full release notes:
https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/rf-7.2rc1.rst
The final release is targeted for January 14. We hope that you can
test the release candidate in your environment before that, so that we
get possible regressions fixed before the final release. We especially
hope that tool developers would test the release to see if there are
API changes that they need to take into account or that we possibly
should revert. If you are a library developer, testing how the totally
rewritten Libdoc's HTML output works with your library would be
especially valuable.
Talking about Libdoc, this release makes it possible to localize the
static UI elements in HTML outputs it produces. At the moment there is
only Finnish translation in addition to English, but we can still add
more translations before the final release. If you'd like a language
you care about to be included, see the instructions how to add them:
https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/tree/master/src/web#readme
Big thanks to Robot Framework Foundation
<http://robotframework.org/foundation> for their continued support. If
your organization is using Robot Framework and benefiting from it,
joining the foundation would be a great New Year's resolution for
2025! Thanks also to all community members who have provided code
contributions, tested preview releases, submitted bug reports,
proposed enhancements, debugged problems, or otherwise helped with
Robot Framework 7.2 development.
Cheers,
.peke
--
Agile Tester/Developer/Consultant :: http://eliga.fi
Lead Developer of Robot Framework :: http://robotframework.org
The only concrete change compared to the beta that was released on
December 12 is that the source distribution format has been changed
from `zip` to `tar.gz` that is nowadays the standard. That change
shouldn't affect normal users at all. For more details about
everything else that Robot Framework 7.2 brings, see the earlier beta
announcement or the full release notes:
https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/rf-7.2rc1.rst
The final release is targeted for January 14. We hope that you can
test the release candidate in your environment before that, so that we
get possible regressions fixed before the final release. We especially
hope that tool developers would test the release to see if there are
API changes that they need to take into account or that we possibly
should revert. If you are a library developer, testing how the totally
rewritten Libdoc's HTML output works with your library would be
especially valuable.
Talking about Libdoc, this release makes it possible to localize the
static UI elements in HTML outputs it produces. At the moment there is
only Finnish translation in addition to English, but we can still add
more translations before the final release. If you'd like a language
you care about to be included, see the instructions how to add them:
https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/tree/master/src/web#readme
Big thanks to Robot Framework Foundation
<http://robotframework.org/foundation> for their continued support. If
your organization is using Robot Framework and benefiting from it,
joining the foundation would be a great New Year's resolution for
2025! Thanks also to all community members who have provided code
contributions, tested preview releases, submitted bug reports,
proposed enhancements, debugged problems, or otherwise helped with
Robot Framework 7.2 development.
Cheers,
.peke
--
Agile Tester/Developer/Consultant :: http://eliga.fi
Lead Developer of Robot Framework :: http://robotframework.org
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