old_contents: try:
      import unittest2 as unittest
  except ImportError:
      import unittest  # NOQA
  
  import os
  from filecmp import dircmp
  
  from .support import temporary_folder
  
  from pelican import Pelican
  from pelican.settings import read_settings
  
  CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
  SAMPLES_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.sep.join((CURRENT_DIR, "..", "samples")))
  OUTPUT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.sep.join((CURRENT_DIR, "output")))
  
  INPUT_PATH = os.path.join(SAMPLES_PATH, "content")
  SAMPLE_CONFIG = os.path.join(SAMPLES_PATH, "pelican.conf.py")
  
  
  class TestPelican(unittest.TestCase):
      # general functional testing for pelican. Basically, this test case tries
      # to run pelican in different situations and see how it behaves
  
      @unittest.skip("Test failing")
      def test_basic_generation_works(self):
          # when running pelican without settings, it should pick up the default
          # ones and generate the output without raising any exception / issuing
          # any warning.
          with temporary_folder() as temp_path:
              pelican = Pelican(path=INPUT_PATH, output_path=temp_path)
              pelican.run()
              diff = dircmp(temp_path, os.sep.join((OUTPUT_PATH, "basic")))
              self.assertEqual(diff.left_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.right_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.diff_files, [])
  
      @unittest.skip("Test failing")
      def test_custom_generation_works(self):
          # the same thing with a specified set of settings should work
          with temporary_folder() as temp_path:
              pelican = Pelican(path=INPUT_PATH, output_path=temp_path,
                                settings=read_settings(SAMPLE_CONFIG))
              pelican.run()
              diff = dircmp(temp_path, os.sep.join((OUTPUT_PATH, "custom")))
              self.assertEqual(diff.left_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.right_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.diff_files, [])
  
new_contents: try:
      import unittest2 as unittest
  except ImportError:
      import unittest  # NOQA
  
  import os
  from filecmp import dircmp
  
  from .support import temporary_folder
  
  from pelican import Pelican
  from pelican.settings import read_settings
  
  CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
  SAMPLES_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.sep.join((CURRENT_DIR, "..", "samples")))
  OUTPUT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.sep.join((CURRENT_DIR, "output")))
  
  INPUT_PATH = os.path.join(SAMPLES_PATH, "content")
  SAMPLE_CONFIG = os.path.join(SAMPLES_PATH, "pelican.conf.py")
  
  
  class TestPelican(unittest.TestCase):
      # general functional testing for pelican. Basically, this test case tries
      # to run pelican in different situations and see how it behaves
  
      def test_basic_generation_works(self):
          # when running pelican without settings, it should pick up the default
          # ones and generate the output without raising any exception / issuing
          # any warning.
          with temporary_folder() as temp_path:
              pelican = Pelican(path=INPUT_PATH, output_path=temp_path)
              pelican.run()
              diff = dircmp(temp_path, os.sep.join((OUTPUT_PATH, "basic")))
              self.assertEqual(diff.left_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.right_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.diff_files, [])
  
      def test_custom_generation_works(self):
          # the same thing with a specified set of settings should work
          with temporary_folder() as temp_path:
              pelican = Pelican(path=INPUT_PATH, output_path=temp_path,
                                settings=read_settings(SAMPLE_CONFIG))
              pelican.run()
              diff = dircmp(temp_path, os.sep.join((OUTPUT_PATH, "custom")))
              self.assertEqual(diff.left_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.right_only, [])
              self.assertEqual(diff.diff_files, [])
  
subject: remove unittest.skip statements for functional tests