remove support of pylint v1

not needed anymore now that we require >=v2

pylint_pytest/checkers/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import pylint
 from pylint.checkers import BaseChecker
 
+from pylint_pytest.utils import PYLINT_VERSION_MAJOR
+
 
 class BasePytestChecker(BaseChecker):
-    if int(pylint.version.split(".")[0]) < 3:
+    if PYLINT_VERSION_MAJOR < 3:
+        # todo(maybe-remove): if we only support pylint>=3
         # Since https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/pull/8404, pylint does not need this
         # __implements__ pattern. keeping it for retro compatibility with pylint==2.x
         from pylint.interfaces import IAstroidChecker  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel

pylint_pytest/checkers/fixture.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from typing import Set, Tuple
 
 import astroid
-import pylint
 import pytest
 from pylint.checkers.variables import VariablesChecker
 
@@ -312,10 +311,4 @@ def patch_add_message(
         ):
             return
 
-        if int(pylint.__version__.split(".")[0]) >= 2:
-            FixtureChecker._original_add_message(
-                self, msgid, line, node, args, confidence, col_offset
-            )
-        else:
-            # python2 + pylint1.9 backward compatibility
-            FixtureChecker._original_add_message(self, msgid, line, node, args, confidence)
+        FixtureChecker._original_add_message(self, msgid, line, node, args, confidence, col_offset)

pylint_pytest/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import inspect
 
 import astroid
+import pylint
+
+PYLINT_VERSION_MAJOR = int(pylint.__version__.split(".")[0])
 
 
 def _is_pytest_mark_usefixtures(decorator):

tests/base_tester.py

@@ -6,15 +6,9 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import astroid
-from pylint.testutils import MessageTest, UnittestLinter
-
-try:
-    from pylint.utils import ASTWalker
-except ImportError:
-    # for pylint 1.9
-    from pylint.utils import PyLintASTWalker as ASTWalker
-
 from pylint.checkers import BaseChecker
+from pylint.testutils import MessageTest, UnittestLinter
+from pylint.utils import ASTWalker
 
 import pylint_pytest.checkers.fixture
 

tests/test_regression.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pylint
 import pytest
 from base_tester import BasePytestTester
 from pylint.checkers.variables import VariablesChecker
@@ -18,9 +17,5 @@ def test_import_twice(self, enable_plugin):
         """catch a coding error when using fixture + if + inline import"""
         self.run_linter(enable_plugin)
 
-        if int(pylint.__version__.split(".")[0]) < 2:
-            # for some reason pylint 1.9.5 does not raise unused-import for inline import
-            self.verify_messages(1, msg_id="unused-import")
-        else:
-            self.verify_messages(2, msg_id="unused-import")
+        self.verify_messages(2, msg_id="unused-import")
         self.verify_messages(1, msg_id="redefined-outer-name")