info: require pkginfo >= 1.12
for METADATA 2.4 support and loosen check for unknown METADATA versions
#9888
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Resolves: #9885
I think we should do a 1.8 release, which requires
pkginfo >= 1.12
to reduce support workload.Further, after some testing I agree to @Secrus' proposal to loosen the check for unknown METADATA versions.
We introduced this check because
pkginfo < 1.11.0
did not handle unknown versions well:However,
pkginfo >= 1.11.0
handles it better: