Merge pull request #8006 from bluetech/export-MonkeyPatch

Export MonkeyPatch as pytest.MonkeyPatch

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+It is now possible to construct a :class:`~pytest.MonkeyPatch` object directly as ``pytest.MonkeyPatch()``,
+in cases when the :fixture:`monkeypatch` fixture cannot be used. Previously some users imported it
+from the private `_pytest.monkeypatch.MonkeyPatch` namespace.
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+Additionally, :meth:`MonkeyPatch.context <pytest.MonkeyPatch.context>` is now a classmethod,
+and can be used as ``with MonkeyPatch.context() as mp: ...``. This is the recommended way to use
+``MonkeyPatch`` directly, since unlike the ``monkeypatch`` fixture, an instance created directly
+is not ``undo()``-ed automatically.