1.40.0: pytest fails with deprecation errors

[kloczek]

1.40.0: pytest fails with deprecation errors

[sentrivana]

Hey @kloczek, thanks for reporting this.

This happens if you run the tests on with a newer pytest version. We're using a pinned version of tox to run our test suite, which, in turn, pins pytest to >= 3.0.0, <4. Is it an option for you to run the test suite a pytest version from that range?

We have plans for updating our tooling in the next month or so, which might also include removing the pin on the (pretty ancient) tox version, but this will still take a bit, so in the meantime, the safest bet is to use the same pytest version we're using.

[kloczek]

This happens if you run the tests on with a newer pytest version. We're using a pinned version of tox to run our test suite, which, in turn, pins pytest to >= 3.0.0, <4. Is it an option for you to run the test suite a pytest version from that range?

Sorry I'm not going to waste time on one package with python module because it still requires some ancient version of pytest (last pytest 3.x has been released +5 years ago and latest version 8.0.0 has been released week ago).

[szokeasaurusrex]

Sorry I'm not going to waste time on one package with python module because it still requires some ancient version of pytest (last pytest 3.x has been released +5 years ago and latest version 8.0.0 has been released week ago).

Hi @kloczek, I completely understand your frustration here. I am investigating this problem, and I will let you know as soon as I have a fix, or at least, a better workaround.

[sentrivana]

Just a correction, my bad -- the tox version we're using doesn't actually have a restriction on pytest; only the tox[testing] extra does (which we don't use). We're still using an older pytest version though, but not quite as ancient as I wrote above.

[szokeasaurusrex]

@kloczek This problem is fixed by #2712.

Until #2712 is released, you can work around the issue by using pytest <8.0.0. pytest 7.x.x should work fine for this purpose; the >= 3.0.0, <4 requirement @sentrivana referred to applies only to the tox "testing" extra that we don't use. We use pytest==6.2.5 in our Python 3.8 tests, so if for any reason you struggle with 7.x.x, you can try 6.x.x