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+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+rally-openstack package should not be aligned to one constant version of Rally
+framework. It means that some workarounds for compatibility stuff are
+provided.
+This module should contain historical notes and checks to do not forget remove
+these workaround.
+"""
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+from tests.unit import test
+
+
+class WorkaroundTestCase(test.TestCase):
+    WORKAROUNDS = [
+        ([0, 12], [
+            "'rally_openstack.__init__' module contains a hack for loading "
+            "configuration options.",
+            "'rally_openstack.types' module contains a compatibility layer for"
+            " an old interface of ResourceTypes."]
+         )
+    ]
+
+    def get_min_required_version(self):
+        package = pkg_resources.get_distribution("rally-openstack")
+        requirement = [p for p in package.requires() if p.name == "rally"][0]
+
+        for statement, version in requirement.specs:
+            version = [int(i) for i in version.split(".")]
+            if statement == ">=":
+                return version
+            elif statement == ">":
+                version[-1] += 1
+                return version
+        self.skip("Failed to get a minimum required version of Rally "
+                  "framework.")
+
+    def test_rally_version(self):
+        rally_version = self.get_min_required_version()
+
+        for version, workarounds in self.WORKAROUNDS:
+            if rally_version >= version:
+                self.fail(
+                    "After bumping minimum required version of Rally, some "
+                    "workarounds become redundant. See the following list and "
+                    "update the code: \n\t%s" % "\n\t".join(workarounds))