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 2.8.1.dev
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+- fix issue #1073: avoid calling __getattr__ on potential plugin objects.
+  This fixes an incompatibility with pytest-django.  Thanks Andreas Pelme,
+  Bruno Oliveira and Ronny Pfannschmidt for contributing and Holger Krekel
+  for the fix.
+
 - Fix issue #704: handle versionconflict during plugin loading more
   gracefully.  Thanks Bruno Oliveira for the PR.