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diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index 68a5c70..6cf4b06 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ Welcome to the tox automation project =============================================== -.. note:: - - Bug reports, feedback, contributions welcome: see :ref:`support`. - vision: merge testing and deployment ---------------------------------------- @@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ Current features * uses pip_ (for Python2 environments) and distribute_ (for all environments) by default -* **cross-Python compatible**: Python2.4 up to Python2.7, Jython and experimental +* **cross-Python compatible**: Python2.4 up to Python2.7, Jython and Python3 support as well as for pypy_ * **cross-platform**: Windows and Unix style environments @@ -89,31 +85,6 @@ Current features .. _pypy: http://pypy.org -Notes and known limitations ----------------------------------- - -* ``tox`` always operates in virtualenv_ environments, it cannot work with - globally installed Python interpreters because there are no reliable means - to install and recreate dependencies. Or does it still makes sense to - allow using global Python installations? - -* ``tox`` is fresh on the Python testing scene (first release July 2010) and - needs some battle testing and feedback. It is is likely to evolve in - (possibly incompatible) increments as it provides more power to configure - and customize the test process. - -* ``tox`` uses virtualenv_ and virtualenv5_, the latter being a fork - of virtualenv3_ which roughly works with Python3 but has less features - (no "pip" and other problems). This comes with limitations and you - may run into them when trying to create python3 based virtual environments. - IMO the proper solution is: virtualenv_ needs to merge - and grow proper native Python3 support, preferably in a "single-source" way. - -* ``tox`` currently uses a ``setup.py sdist`` invocation to create - an installable package and then invokes ``pip`` or ``easy_install`` to - install into each test environment. There is no support for other - installation methods. - .. _`tox.ini`: :doc:configfile .. toctree:: @@ -127,6 +98,7 @@ Notes and known limitations links announce/release-0.5 announce/release-1.0 + announce/release-1.1 .. include:: links.txt |