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+The ``--rsyncdir`` command line argument and ``rsyncdirs`` config variable are deprecated.
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+The rsync feature will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0.
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+The ``--looponfail`` command line argument and ``looponfailroots`` config variable are deprecated.
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+The loop-on-fail feature will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0.