How about requiring pytest 9 or above? I suppose you're doing it for Debian and I'm coming from Guix where we're migrating to pytest 9.

That's also a possible option, but it's up to the maintainer. I proposed the more conservative choice, which works for both.

Just to give you an idea of my status - my laptop died and I'm waiting on a new one. But once it's set up, I'll find a weekend to go through these PRs and cut a release. Thanks for your patience 😅

I have a laptop now. I'm more than happy to upgrade this to use the most modern syntax.

I don't know when I'll be ready to cut a release - maybe this weekend, maybe the next. In the meantime, if you want to take a crack at it, go for it. Otherwise, I can probably figure this out when I get to it.

All that said: I'm going to merge this as-is, since the build's failing.

Released in 13.0.1.