PoC: cache policy and cache scopes (#1089) — AI-assisted, for hole-poking only - #14835

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terminalwriter: add OSC 8 hyperlink support

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pytester: isolate the user-level cache directory

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pathlib: resolve the user-level cache root behind an xdg extra

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cacheprovider: funnel cache directory resolution through one function

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cacheprovider: introduce cache scopes

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cacheprovider: pin lastfailed, nodeids and stepwise to the env scope

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cacheprovider: record cache metadata

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cacheprovider: add the cache_policy option

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cacheprovider: deprecate the TOX_ENV_DIR cache_dir default

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cacheprovider: add --cache-list

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cacheprovider: add --cache-prune

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docs: document cache policy, scopes and pruning

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