Log Message:
py-test: updated to 4.4.0

pytest 4.4.0:

Features
* async test functions are skipped and a warning is emitted when a suitable \ 
async plugin is not installed (such as pytest-asyncio or pytest-trio).
Previously async functions would not execute at all but still be marked as \ 
“passed”.

* Include new \ 
disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support option to \ 
disable ascii-escaping in parametrized values. This may cause a series of \ 
problems and as the name makes clear, use at your own risk.
* The -p option can now be used to early-load plugins also by entry-point name, \ 
instead of just by module name.
This makes it possible to early load external plugins like pytest-cov in the \ 
command-line:
pytest -p pytest_cov

* The --pdbcls option handles classes via module attributes now (e.g. \ 
pdb:pdb.Pdb with pdb++), and its validation was improved.
* The testpaths configuration option is now displayed next to the rootdir and \ 
inifile lines in the pytest header if the option is in effect, i.e., directories \ 
or file names were not explicitly passed in the command line.
Also, inifile is only displayed if there’s a configuration file, instead of an \ 
empty inifile: string.

* Doctests can be skipped now dynamically using pytest.skip().
* Internal refactorings have been made in order to make the implementation of \ 
the pytest-subtests plugin possible, which adds unittest sub-test support and a \ 
new subtests fixture as discussed in 1367.
For details on the internal refactorings, please see the details on the related PR.

* pytester’s LineMatcher asserts that the passed lines are a sequence.
* Handle -p plug after -p no:plug.
This can be used to override a blocked plugin (e.g. in “addopts”) from the \ 
command line etc.

* Output capturing is handled correctly when only capturing via fixtures \ 
(capsys, capfs) with pdb.set_trace().
* pytester sets $HOME and $USERPROFILE to the temporary directory during test runs.
This ensures to not load configuration files from the real user’s home directory.

* Namespace packages are handled better with monkeypatch.syspath_prepend and \ 
testdir.syspathinsert (via pkg_resources.fixup_namespace_packages).
* The stepwise plugin reports status information now.
* If a setup.cfg file contains [tool:pytest] and also the no longer supported \ 
[pytest] section, pytest will use [tool:pytest] ignoring [pytest]. Previously it \ 
would unconditionally error out.
This makes it simpler for plugins to support old pytest versions.

Bug Fixes
* Fix bug where fixtures requested dynamically via request.getfixturevalue() \ 
might be teardown before the requesting fixture.
* pytester unsets PYTEST_ADDOPTS now to not use outer options with \ 
testdir.runpytest().
* Use the correct modified time for years after 2038 in rewritten .pyc files.
* Fix line offsets with ScopeMismatch errors.
* -p no:plugin is handled correctly for default (internal) plugins now, e.g. \ 
with -p no:capture.
Previously they were loaded (imported) always, making e.g. the capfd fixture \ 
available.

* The pdb quit command is handled properly when used after the debug command \ 
with pdb++.
* Fix the interpretation of -qq option where it was being considered as -v instead.
* outcomes.Exit is not swallowed in assertrepr_compare anymore.
* Close logging’s file handler explicitly when the session finishes.
* Fix line offset with mark collection error (off by one).

Improved Documentation
* Update docs for pytest_cmdline_parse hook to note availability liminations
Trivial/Internal Changes
* pluggy>=0.9 is now required.
* funcsigs>=1.0 is now required for Python 2.7.
* Some left-over internal code related to yield tests has been removed.
* Remove internally unused anypython fixture from the pytester plugin.
* Remove deprecated Sphinx directive, add_description_unit(), pin \ 
sphinx-removed-in to >= 0.2.0 to support Sphinx 2.0.
* Fix pytest tests invocation with custom PYTHONPATH.
* New pytest_report_to_serializable and pytest_report_from_serializable \ 
experimental hooks.
These hooks will be used by pytest-xdist, pytest-subtests, and the replacement \ 
for resultlog to serialize and customize reports.
They are experimental, meaning that their details might change or even be \ 
removed completely in future patch releases without warning.

Feedback is welcome from plugin authors and users alike.

* Collector.repr_failure respects the --tb option, but only defaults to short \ 
now (with auto).