pytest-dev · bluetech · Dec 12, 2020 · Dec 12, 2020
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-6.2.0
    release-6.1.2
    release-6.1.1
    release-6.1.0

diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-6.2.0.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-6.2.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+pytest-6.2.0
+=======================================
+
+The pytest team is proud to announce the 6.2.0 release!
+
+This release contains new features, improvements, bug fixes, and breaking changes, so users
+are encouraged to take a look at the CHANGELOG carefully:
+
+    https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html
+
+For complete documentation, please visit:
+
+    https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/
+
+As usual, you can upgrade from PyPI via:
+
+    pip install -U pytest
+
+Thanks to all of the contributors to this release:
+
+* Adam Johnson
+* Albert Villanova del Moral
+* Anthony Sottile
+* Anton
+* Ariel Pillemer
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Charles Aracil
+* Christine M
+* Christine Mecklenborg
+* Cserna Zsolt
+* Dominic Mortlock
+* Emiel van de Laar
+* Florian Bruhin
+* Garvit Shubham
+* Gustavo Camargo
+* Hugo Martins
+* Hugo van Kemenade
+* Jakob van Santen
+* Josias Aurel
+* Jürgen Gmach
+* Karthikeyan Singaravelan
+* Katarzyna
+* Kyle Altendorf
+* Manuel Mariñez
+* Matthew Hughes
+* Matthias Gabriel
+* Max Voitko
+* Maximilian Cosmo Sitter
+* Mikhail Fesenko
+* Nimesh Vashistha
+* Pedro Algarvio
+* Petter Strandmark
+* Prakhar Gurunani
+* Prashant Sharma
+* Ran Benita
+* Ronny Pfannschmidt
+* Sanket Duthade
+* Shubham Adep
+* Simon K
+* Tanvi Mehta
+* Thomas Grainger
+* Tim Hoffmann
+* Vasilis Gerakaris
+* William Jamir Silva
+* Zac Hatfield-Dodds
+* crricks
+* dependabot[bot]
+* duthades
+* frankgerhardt
+* kwgchi
+* mickeypash
+* symonk
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team
diff --git a/doc/en/builtin.rst b/doc/en/builtin.rst
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
         function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary
         directory.
 
+        By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session,
+        and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If
+        ``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
+        temporary directory`.
+
         The returned object is a `py.path.local`_ path object.
 
         .. _`py.path.local`: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html
@@ -167,6 +172,11 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
         function invocation, created as a sub directory of the base temporary
         directory.
 
+        By default, a new base temporary directory is created each test session,
+        and old bases are removed after 3 sessions, to aid in debugging. If
+        ``--basetemp`` is used then it is cleared each session. See :ref:`base
+        temporary directory`.
+
         The returned object is a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.