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Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8

From	Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.python
Subject	Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8
Date	2024-01-26 08:40 +0100
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Hi Timo,

And the transition is now complete :-)

Best wishes,

   Julian

On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 05:45:04PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Hi Timo,
> 
> Please can we hold back on uploading pytest 8 to unstable until the
> current Python 3.12 transition is complete?  It is entirely possible
> that several of the packages that currently break with pytest 8
> already have newer upstream versions that address these issues, but
> it's probably not wise to mix that in with the current transition.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
>    Julian
> 
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 11:32:29PM +0100, Timo Röhling wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I recently uploaded the pre-release pytest 8.0.0~rc1 to experimental as an
> > early warning for the breaking changes which typically happen on major
> > version bumps.
> > 
> > I've attached a dd-list of packages which exhibit autopkgtest regressions
> > [1], with the intent of MBF'ing (with separate announcement) once pytest 8
> > is released.
> > 
> > Typically, packages will fail if they
> > - have deprecation warnings of type PytestRemovedIn8Warning, or
> > - assume a particular pytest stdout/stderr output which might have
> > changed, or
> > - rely on the precise order in which pytest collects tests,   especially the
> > behavior of the pytest.Package collector.
> > 
> > Please refer to the upstream changelog [2] for a complete list of breaking
> > changes.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Timo
> > 
> > [1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?experimental=1&package=pytest
> > [2] https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html

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Breaking changes in pytest 8 Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2024-01-08 23:40 +0100
  Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8 Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net> - 2024-01-09 18:50 +0100
    Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8 Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2024-01-09 19:30 +0100
    Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8 Timo Röhling <roehling@debian.org> - 2024-01-09 20:00 +0100
    Re: Breaking changes in pytest 8 Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net> - 2024-01-26 08:40 +0100

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