Use feature signaling instead of version checks
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Description
Problem
- You don't know in advance what version your code will be released in, so you cannot depend on it in your code
- Checking if a feature is available is a more direct check than checking the version number
Solution
Whenever possible, just try the feature directly and if it is not available then you know it's not available.
For other things, add a field to .... some api call that signals which features are available.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or specific API entry point. Start by locating version checks and the API calls that expose feature availability; define the affected scope and verify that callers can detect unsupported features without relying on release versions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100