Add ability to share data between nodes and controller #769
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Why?
Once the nodes are branched from the controller, there is no way to transmit information between them, only through pytest events, which is not always enough (e.g. collecting info from fixtures that are run on nodes).
How?
I created a simple mechanism that will send back dict of serializable data when the node is being shutdown. This means that you have access to all the shared data from nodes in the session_finish hook on the controller. Example of how it works can be seen in the simple test I wrote.
Appendix
This is a proof of concept and is in no way finished, the point of this PR is to start the discussion if this feature (or something along those lines) is even wanted and if you agree that yes, I will finish the PR and polish it.