Use execnet main_thread_only execmodel (#1027)

Use the execnet main_thread_only execmodel so that code which expects
to run in the main thread will just work.  This execmodel has been
merged to the execnet master branch via pytest-dev/execnet#243, so this
patch should not be merged until there is a released version of execnet
supporting the main_thread_only execmodel.

Closes #620

testing/test_remote.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class WorkerSetup:
     def setup(self) -> None:
         self.pytester.chdir()
         # import os ; os.environ['EXECNET_DEBUG'] = "2"
-        self.gateway = execnet.makegateway()
+        self.gateway = execnet.makegateway("execmodel=main_thread_only//popen")
         self.config = config = self.pytester.parseconfigure()
         putevent = self.events.put if self.use_callback else None
 

testing/test_workermanage.py

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class TestNodeManagerPopen:
         assert len(call.specs) == 2
 
         call = hookrecorder.popcall("pytest_xdist_newgateway")
-        assert call.gateway.spec == execnet.XSpec("popen")
+        assert call.gateway.spec == execnet.XSpec("execmodel=main_thread_only//popen")
         assert call.gateway.id == "gw0"
         call = hookrecorder.popcall("pytest_xdist_newgateway")
         assert call.gateway.id == "gw1"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class TestHRSync:
         assert names == {"dir", "file.txt", "somedir"}
 
     def test_hrsync_one_host(self, source: Path, dest: Path) -> None:
-        gw = execnet.makegateway("popen//chdir=%s" % dest)
+        gw = execnet.makegateway("execmodel=main_thread_only//popen//chdir=%s" % dest)
         finished = []
         rsync = HostRSync(source)
         rsync.add_target_host(gw, finished=lambda: finished.append(1))