Consider entry points for PYTEST_PLUGINS and pytest_plugins#14752
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The PYTEST_PLUGINS environment variable and the pytest_plugins global variable previously accepted only importable module names, while the -p command-line option also accepted entry point names of installed plugins. Pass consider_entry_points=True when importing plugin specs so that all three mechanisms behave consistently (pytest-dev#12624). As a side effect, plugins specified by entry point name through these mechanisms now show up in the 'plugins:' line of the terminal header and in --traceconfig output, since entry-point loading records distribution info (pytest-dev#12615). Based on the original implementation by Marcel Telka in pytest-dev#12616. Co-authored-by: Marcel Telka <marcel@telka.sk> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PYTEST_PLUGINSenvironment variable and thepytest_pluginsglobal variable previously accepted only importable module names, while the-pcommand-line option also accepted entry point names of installed plugins.Pass
consider_entry_points=Truewhen importing plugin specs so that all three mechanisms behave consistently (fixes #12624). As a side effect, plugins specified by entry point name through these mechanisms now show up in the 'plugins:' line of the terminal header and in --traceconfig output, since entry-point loading records distribution info (fixes #12615).Based on the original implementation by Marcel Telka, and thus closes #12616.