Issues #218: track and check required version of python for development

Makefile

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ all: update_dbs
 # install all needed code
 setup_repo: $(CONF_DIR)/GarminConnectConfig.json $(PROJECT_BASE)/.venv submodules_update
 
-setup_install: deps devdeps install_all
+setup_install: version_check deps devdeps install_all
 
 setup: setup_repo setup_install
 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ $(PROJECT_BASE)/.venv:
 clean_venv:
 	rm -rf $(PROJECT_BASE)/.venv
 
+version_check:
+	python -c 'import sys; import garmindb.version; garmindb.version.python_dev_version_check(sys.argv[0])'
+
 update: submodules_update
 	git pull
 

garmindb/version.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import idbutils.version as uv
 
-from .version_info import python_required, python_tested, version_info, prerelease
+from .version_info import dev_python_required, python_required, python_tested, version_info, prerelease
 
 
 version_string = uv.to_string(version_info, prerelease)
@@ -23,5 +23,10 @@ def log_version(program):
 
 
 def python_version_check(program):
-    """Validate the Python version requirements."""
+    """Validate the Python version requirements for a pip installed package."""
     uv.python_version_check(program, python_required, python_tested)
+
+
+def python_dev_version_check(program):
+    """Validate the Python version requirements for development."""
+    uv.python_version_check(program, dev_python_required, python_tested, verbose=True)

garmindb/version_info.py

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 
 python_required = (3, 0, 0)
+dev_python_required = (3, 9, 0)
 python_tested = (3, 11, 4)
-version_info = (3, 5, 3)
+version_info = (3, 5, 4)
 prerelease = True