MLE-26598 Merging master to dev, bumping pytest

pytest 7 has a high vulnerability, though it's a test dependency. This bumps it to the latest version. Also bumping the Python version needed for development to 3.10 to support pytest 9.

Author: rjrudin

.copyrightconfig

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ startyear: 2023
 #   - Use sparingly (third_party, generated, binary assets)
 #   - Dotfiles already skipped automatically
 # Enable by removing the leading '# ' from the next line and editing values.
-filesexcluded: .github/*, README.md, Jenkinsfile, gradle/*, docker-compose.yml, *.gradle, gradle.properties, gradlew, gradlew.bat, CODEOWNERS, *.lock, *.toml
+filesexcluded: .github/*, README.md, Jenkinsfile, gradle/*, docker-compose.yml, *.gradle, gradle.properties, gradlew, gradlew.bat, CODEOWNERS, *.lock, *.toml, *.md

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for getting setup in VSCode with linting and formatting enabled.
 
 Before running any tests, first deploy the test application:
 
-- Use Java 8 or higher
+- Use Java 17
 - `cd test-app`
 - Create a file named `gradle-local.properties` and add `mlPassword=` to it, with the value of the property being
 your admin user's password.
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ though you don't need to perform all of those steps since some of the files gene
 4. Run `bundle install` (this may not be necessary due to Gemfile.lock being in version control).
 5. Run `bundle exec jekyll serve`.
 
-You can then go to http://localhost:4000 to view the docs. 
+You can then go to http://localhost:4000 to view the docs. 

poetry.lock

@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ packages = [{include = "marklogic"}]
 license = "Apache 2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.9"
+python = "^3.10"
 requests = "^2.32.5"
 requests_toolbelt = "^1.0.0"
 
 # Forcing version to eliminate CVEs; transitive dependency of requests.
 urllib3 = "^2.6.3"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
-pytest = "^7.4.0"
+pytest = "^9.0.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 flake8 = "^7.1.1"