This changeset modifies the version check for deprecation warnings so that only the release segment of a version tag is used to check if a warning should be issued. For instance, currently a @deprecation(warning_in="8.0")will not warn in 8.0.0.dev0 because the pre-release is considered to come before the 'final' release.
@dgw mentions that this might make for noisy logs in some cases, but I'm of the opinion that if I am running 8.0.0.dev0, I want to see deprecation warnings that will be current when 8.0.0 is finalized, before that version is tagged. This is a concern for both core usage of in-the-future deprecated features, and for plugin authors who are checking their plugins against a coming release (although the latter is a softer concern).
Description
This changeset modifies the version check for deprecation warnings so that only the release segment of a version tag is used to check if a warning should be issued. For instance, currently a
@deprecation(warning_in="8.0")will not warn in8.0.0.dev0because the pre-release is considered to come before the 'final' release.@dgw mentions that this might make for noisy logs in some cases, but I'm of the opinion that if I am running
8.0.0.dev0, I want to see deprecation warnings that will be current when8.0.0is finalized, before that version is tagged. This is a concern for both core usage of in-the-future deprecated features, and for plugin authors who are checking their plugins against a coming release (although the latter is a softer concern).Closes #2308.
Checklist
make qa(runsmake lintandmake test)