graceful deprecation of Django 1.6 and 1.7

brunobord · brunobord · commit 7055272a82ba · 2016-07-18T15:50:49.000+02:00
refs #9
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+**Warning**: this version will be the last to support Django 1.6 or 1.7. Starting of the next version, we'll only support 1.8+.
+
 - Added Django 1.9 support (#9).
 - Python 3.4 jobs are being tested in travis (#10).
+- Deprecate Django 1.6 and 1.7 support (#9).
 
 ## 1.0.0 (2016-06-23)
 
diff --git a/chunkator/__init__.py b/chunkator/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 """
 Toolbox for chunking / slicing querysets
 """
+import warnings
+
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+import django
+
+if StrictVersion(django.get_version()) < StrictVersion('1.8.0'):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Django 1.7 and lower versions will soon be deprecated. Please upgrade.",  # noqa
+        DeprecationWarning
+    )
 
 
 class MissingPkFieldException(Exception):
