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improve PluginValidationError

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the PluginValidationError implementation and the plugin validation path that produces the shown conflicting-requirement message. Reproduce the mock version conflict, then trace how dependency requirements are collected; done means the error identifies all packages defining requirements on the conflicting dependency.

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Description

enhancement

At the moment the error is something like:

pluggy.manager.PluginValidationError: Plugin 'pytest_magic' could not be loaded: (mock 3.0.5 (/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages), Requirement.parse('mock<3,>=2.0.0; python_version < "3.3"'))!

When such conflicting requirement change happens we should enlist all packages that define requirements on that dependency, so the users can easier identify what package dependency conflicts with what another package dependency.

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