[package_config] Remove support for .packages files.

.github/workflows/package_config.yaml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        sdk: [3.4, dev]
+        sdk: [3.7, dev]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
       - uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@e630b99d28a3b71860378cafdc2a067c71107f94

pkgs/package_config/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+## 2.3.0-wip
+
+- Removes support for the `.packages` file.
+  The Dart SDK no longer supports that file, and no new `.packages` files
+  will be generated.
+  Since the SDK requirement for this package is above 3.0.0,
+  no supporting SDK can use or generate `.packages`.
+
+- Simplifies API that no longer needs to support two separate files.
+  - Renamed `readAnyConfigFile` to `readConfigFile`, and removed
+    the `preferNewest` parameter.
+  - Same for `readAnyConfigFileUri` which becomes `readConfigFileUri`.
+  - Old functions still exists as deprecated, forwarding to the new
+    functions without the `preferNewest` argument.
+
+  Also makes `PackageConfig`, `Package` and `LanguageVersion` `@sealed` classes,
+  in preparation for making them `final` in a future update.
+
+- Adds `PackageConfig.minVersion` to complement `.maxVersion`.
+  Currently both are `2`.
+
 ## 2.2.0
 
 - Add relational operators to `LanguageVersion` with extension methods

pkgs/package_config/README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ The primary libraries of this package are
     Just the `PackageConfig` class and other types needed to use
     package configurations. This library does not depend on `dart:io`.
 
-The package includes deprecated backwards compatible functionality to
-work with the `.packages` file. This functionality will not be maintained,
-and will be removed in a future version of this package.
+The package no longer contains backwards compatible functionality to
+work with `.packages` files.