Remove `PytestRemovedIn7Warning`

Fix #8838.

changelog/8838.breaking.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+As per our policy, the following features have been deprecated in the 6.X series and are now
+removed:
+
+* ``pytest._fillfuncargs`` function.
+
+* ``pytest_warning_captured`` hook - use ``pytest_warning_recorded`` instead.
+
+* ``-k -foobar`` syntax - use ``-k 'not foobar'`` instead.
+
+* ``-k foobar:`` syntax.
+
+* ``pytest.collect`` module - import from ``pytest`` directly.
+
+For more information consult
+`Deprecations and Removals <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html>`__ in the docs.

src/_pytest/warning_types.py

@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ class PytestDeprecationWarning(PytestWarning, DeprecationWarning):
     __module__ = "pytest"
 
 
-@final
-class PytestRemovedIn7Warning(PytestDeprecationWarning):
-    """Warning class for features that will be removed in pytest 7."""
-
-    __module__ = "pytest"
-
-
 @final
 class PytestRemovedIn8Warning(PytestDeprecationWarning):
     """Warning class for features that will be removed in pytest 8."""

src/_pytest/warnings.py

@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def catch_warnings_for_item(
             warnings.filterwarnings("always", category=DeprecationWarning)
             warnings.filterwarnings("always", category=PendingDeprecationWarning)
 
-        warnings.filterwarnings("error", category=pytest.PytestRemovedIn7Warning)
-
         apply_warning_filters(config_filters, cmdline_filters)
 
         # apply filters from "filterwarnings" marks

src/pytest/__init__.py

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ from _pytest.warning_types import PytestCollectionWarning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestConfigWarning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestDeprecationWarning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestExperimentalApiWarning
-from _pytest.warning_types import PytestRemovedIn7Warning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestRemovedIn8Warning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestUnhandledCoroutineWarning
 from _pytest.warning_types import PytestUnhandledThreadExceptionWarning
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "PytestConfigWarning",
     "PytestDeprecationWarning",
     "PytestExperimentalApiWarning",
-    "PytestRemovedIn7Warning",
     "PytestRemovedIn8Warning",
     "Pytester",
     "PytestPluginManager",

testing/test_warnings.py

@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ class TestDeprecationWarningsByDefault:
         assert WARNINGS_SUMMARY_HEADER not in result.stdout.str()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("not relevant until pytest 8.0")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("change_default", [None, "ini", "cmdline"])
 def test_removed_in_x_warning_as_error(pytester: Pytester, change_default) -> None:
     """This ensures that PytestRemovedInXWarnings raised by pytest are turned into errors.
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ def test_removed_in_x_warning_as_error(pytester: Pytester, change_default) -> No
         """
         import warnings, pytest
         def test():
-            warnings.warn(pytest.PytestRemovedIn7Warning("some warning"))
+            warnings.warn(pytest.PytestRemovedIn8Warning("some warning"))
     """
     )
     if change_default == "ini":
@@ -536,12 +537,12 @@ def test_removed_in_x_warning_as_error(pytester: Pytester, change_default) -> No
             """
             [pytest]
             filterwarnings =
-                ignore::pytest.PytestRemovedIn7Warning
+                ignore::pytest.PytestRemovedIn8Warning
         """
         )
 
     args = (
-        ("-Wignore::pytest.PytestRemovedIn7Warning",)
+        ("-Wignore::pytest.PytestRemovedIn8Warning",)
         if change_default == "cmdline"
         else ()
     )