v1.8.0

• All: Drop support for Python 2 and <3.6, removing compatibility code.
• All: Use stdlib unittest.mock instead of mock package.
• All: Removed usage of path.py and path in favour of pathlib. #174 #224
• pytest-devpi-server: Run devpi-init for initialisation. #179
• pytest-server-fixtures: BREAKING CHANGE: Removed RethinkDB support, as the mirror was no longer available.
• pytest-server-fixtures: Allowed passing through HTTP headers to the server. #149
• pytest-server-fixtures: Fixed threading log debug messages. #146
• pytest-server-fixtures: Removed usage of deprecated Thread.setDaemon. #202
• pytest-server-fixtures: Explicitly close initial Mongo client. #198
• pytest-server-fixtures: Don't use context manager for CREATE DATABASE #186
• pytest-shutil: Removed contextlib2 requirement. #144
• pytest-shutil: Fixed forcing color through termcolor. #217
• pytest-shutil: Replaced deprecated imp module #219
• pytest-profiling: Added support to hide/show the full path of file. #95
• pytest-profiling: Fixed SVG file generation on Windows. #93
• pytest-profiling: Remove pinning of more-itertools. #194
• pytest-profiling: Add support to define element number for print_stats() #96
• pytest-profiling: Fix mock in test_writes_summary #223
• pytest-virtualenv: Modernised package. #188 #185 #182 #163
• pytest-virtualenv: Fixed virtualenv creation on Windows. #142
• pytest-virtualenv: Added delete_workspace parameter to VirtualEnv. #195
• pytest-virtualenv: Removed extras_require. #240
• ci: Remove usage of deprecated distutils. #189
• ci: Disabled jenkins server tests on CircleCI to improve build time.
• ci: Fixed collections import for py 3.11 compatibility #222