test/py: Manual python3 fixes

- Modern pytest is more visible in telling us about parameters that we
  had not described, so describe a few more.
- ConfigParser.readfp(...) is now configparser.read_file(...)
- As part of the "strings vs bytes" conversions in Python 3, we use the
  default encoding/decoding of utf-8 but in some places tell Python to
  replace problematic conversions rather than throw a fatal error.
- Fix a typo noticed while doing the above ("tot he" -> "to the").
- As suggested by Stephen, re-alphabetize the import list
- Per Heinrich, replace how we write contents in test_fit.py

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>