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diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-regtest/pkg-descr b/devel/py-pytest-regtest/pkg-descr index b778e9f63bc7..ff1ffaa560a8 100644 --- a/devel/py-pytest-regtest/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/py-pytest-regtest/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -pytest-regtest is a pytest-plugin for implementing regression tests. -Compared to functional testing a regression test does not test if -software produces correct results, instead a regression test checks -if software behaves the same way as it did before introduced changes. +pytest-regtest is a plugin for pytest to implement regression testing. -pytest-regtest allows capturing selected output which then can be -compared to the captured output from former runs. +Unlike functional testing, regression testing does not test whether the software +produces the correct results, but whether it behaves as it did before changes +were introduced. + +More specifically, pytest-regtest provides snapshot testing, which implements +regression testing by recording data within a test function and comparing this +recorded output to a previously recorded reference output. |