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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.2.txt index 252682a3cf..a549bd0cce 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.2.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.2.txt @@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ party packages, or that you wrote yourself, you should ensure that the information, see :ref:`template tag thread safety considerations<template_tag_thread_safety>`. +Test runner exit status code +---------------------------- + +The exit status code of the test runners (``tests/runtests.py`` and ``python +manage.py test``) no longer represents the number of failed tests, since a +failure of 256 or more tests resulted in a wrong exit status code. The exit +status code for the test runner is now 0 for success (no failing tests) and 1 +for any number of test failures. If needed, the number of test failures can be +found at the end of the test runner's output. + .. _deprecated-features-1.2: Features deprecated in 1.2 @@ -471,12 +481,12 @@ Models can now use a 64 bit :class:`~django.db.models.BigIntegerField` type. Fast Failure for Tests ---------------------- -The :djadmin:`test` subcommand of ``django-admin.py``, and the ``runtests.py`` +The :djadmin:`test` subcommand of ``django-admin.py``, and the ``runtests.py`` script used to run Django's own test suite, support a new ``--failfast`` option. -When specified, this option causes the test runner to exit after encountering -a failure instead of continuing with the test run. In addition, the handling -of ``Ctrl-C`` during a test run has been improved to trigger a graceful exit -from the test run that reports details of the tests run before the interruption. +When specified, this option causes the test runner to exit after encountering +a failure instead of continuing with the test run. In addition, the handling +of ``Ctrl-C`` during a test run has been improved to trigger a graceful exit +from the test run that reports details of the tests run before the interruption. Improved localization --------------------- |