Change PytestReturnNotNoneWarning to return a normal warning (#11211)

fraserstark · web-flow · commit 333e4eba6b09 · 2023-09-07T15:11:59.000Z
Fixes #10465
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Feng Ma
 Florian Bruhin
 Florian Dahlitz
 Floris Bruynooghe
+Fraser Stark
 Gabriel Landau
 Gabriel Reis
 Garvit Shubham
diff --git a/changelog/10465.deprecation.rst b/changelog/10465.deprecation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test functions returning a value other than None will now issue a :class:`pytest.PytestWarning` instead of :class:`pytest.PytestRemovedIn8Warning`, meaning this will stay a warning instead of becoming an error in the future.
diff --git a/changelog/11151.breaking.rst b/changelog/11151.breaking.rst
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Dropped support for Python 3.7, which `reached end-of-life on 2023-06-27
-<https://devguide.python.org/versions/>`__.
+Dropped support for Python 3.7, which `reached end-of-life on 2023-06-27 <https://devguide.python.org/versions/>`__.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/warning_types.py b/src/_pytest/warning_types.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PytestRemovedIn9Warning(PytestDeprecationWarning):
     __module__ = "pytest"
 
 
-class PytestReturnNotNoneWarning(PytestRemovedIn8Warning):
+class PytestReturnNotNoneWarning(PytestWarning):
     """Warning emitted when a test function is returning value other than None."""
 
     __module__ = "pytest"

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	`1`	+Test functions returning a value other than None will now issue a :class:`pytest.PytestWarning` instead of :class:`pytest.PytestRemovedIn8Warning`, meaning this will stay a warning instead of becoming an error in the future.
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`1`		-Dropped support for Python 3.7, which `reached end-of-life on 2023-06-27
`2`		-<https://devguide.python.org/versions/>`__.
	`1`	+Dropped support for Python 3.7, which `reached end-of-life on 2023-06-27 <https://devguide.python.org/versions/>`__.