Prepare for version 11: pipx/pipx_info (#10137)

* Remove various deprecated module helper things.

* pipx/pipx_info: pipx 1.7.0 required from c.g. 11.0.0 onwards

* restore chglog frag

* add changelog frag

* fix chglog

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

plugins/doc_fragments/pipx.py

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ options:
   global:
     description:
       - The module will pass the C(--global) argument to C(pipx), to execute actions in global scope.
-      - The C(--global) is only available in C(pipx>=1.6.0), so make sure to have a compatible version when using this option.
-        Moreover, a nasty bug with C(--global) was fixed in C(pipx==1.7.0), so it is strongly recommended you used that version
-        or newer.
     type: bool
     default: false
   executable:
@@ -25,10 +22,9 @@ options:
       - If not specified, the module will use C(python -m pipx) to run the tool, using the same Python interpreter as ansible
         itself.
     type: path
+requirements:
+  - This module requires C(pipx) version 1.7.0 or above. Please note that C(pipx) 1.7.0 requires Python 3.8 or above.
 notes:
-  - This module requires C(pipx) version 0.16.2.1 or above. From community.general 11.0.0 onwards, the module will require
-    C(pipx>=1.7.0).
-  - Please note that C(pipx) requires Python 3.6 or above.
   - This module does not install the C(pipx) python package, however that can be easily done with the module M(ansible.builtin.pip).
   - This module does not require C(pipx) to be in the shell C(PATH), but it must be loadable by Python as a module.
   - This module will honor C(pipx) environment variables such as but not limited to E(PIPX_HOME) and E(PIPX_BIN_DIR) passed

plugins/modules/pipx.py

@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ version:
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import StateModuleHelper
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.pipx import pipx_runner, pipx_common_argspec, make_process_dict
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.pkg_req import PackageRequirement
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from ansible.module_utils.facts.compat import ansible_facts
 
@@ -293,6 +294,9 @@ class PipX(StateModuleHelper):
             rc, out, err = ctx.run()
             self.vars.version = out.strip()
 
+        if LooseVersion(self.vars.version) < LooseVersion("1.7.0"):
+            self.do_raise("The pipx tool must be at least at version 1.7.0")
+
     def __quit_module__(self):
         self.vars.application = self._retrieve_installed()
 

plugins/modules/pipx_info.py

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ version:
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import ModuleHelper
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.pipx import pipx_runner, pipx_common_argspec, make_process_dict
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from ansible.module_utils.facts.compat import ansible_facts
 
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ class PipXInfo(ModuleHelper):
             rc, out, err = ctx.run()
             self.vars.version = out.strip()
 
+        if LooseVersion(self.vars.version) < LooseVersion("1.7.0"):
+            self.do_raise("The pipx tool must be at least at version 1.7.0")
+
     def __run__(self):
         output_process = make_process_dict(self.vars.include_injected, self.vars.include_deps)
         with self.runner('_list global', output_process=output_process) as ctx: