[pytest-dev] junitxml update

[Rusty Howell]

Hey all,
I am interested in working on junitxml. There are several bugs right now
relating to it.

https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3777
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3547
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1862
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1126

In the comments in those bugs, there are some big ideas about the path
forward, but I'd like to have a more consolidated space for those ideas.
My end goal would be to have xml output that is compatible with the Jenkins
Junit Test Report plugin.  We may even have to support multiple versions of
the plugin. Additionally, there are certainly other xUnit style tools that
my be slightly different than Junit.

Ronny mentioned in one of the bugs the idea of Pytest creating a serialized
test log, and then have an Junitxml plugin consume the serialized data and
reformat/output as needed. To me it seems that perhaps this could be
analogous to logging Loggers and Handlers, where a handler could be
specific, like "Jenkins Junit Test Report v1.3" vs "Jenkins Junit Test
Report v1.4", or "Allure 2.6.0", etc.

What are the general thoughts on the path forward for junitxml?
Thanks
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