Remove methods that were moved to client repo (#82)

The PR looks large, but most commits are just small changes. Tried to
keep it well separated.

Author: Marenz

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NOX_SESSION: ${{ matrix.nox-session }}
         run: nox -R -e "$NOX_SESSION"
-        timeout-minutes: 10
+        timeout-minutes: 2
 
   # This job runs if all the `nox` matrix jobs ran and succeeded.
   # It is only used to have a single job that we can require in branch
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
             --platform linux/${{ matrix.arch }} \
             localhost/nox-cross-arch:latest \
             bash -c "pip install -e .[dev-noxfile]; nox --install-only -e ${{ matrix.nox-session }}; pip freeze; nox -R -e ${{ matrix.nox-session }}"
-        timeout-minutes: 30
+        timeout-minutes: 6
 
       # This ensures that the runner has access to the pip cache.
       - name: Reset pip cache ownership

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The [`Dispatcher` class](https://frequenz-floss.github.io/frequenz-dispatch-pyth
 
 ```python
 import os
-from frequenz.dispatch import Dispatcher, RunningState
+from frequenz.dispatch import Dispatcher
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 async def run():
@@ -42,29 +42,29 @@ async def run():
     changed_running_status_rx = dispatcher.running_status_change.new_receiver()
 
     async for dispatch in changed_running_status_rx:
-        match dispatch.running("DEMO_TYPE"):
-            case RunningState.RUNNING:
-                print(f"Executing dispatch {dispatch.id}, due on {dispatch.start_time}")
-                if actor.is_running:
-                    actor.reconfigure(
-                        components=dispatch.target,
-                        run_parameters=dispatch.payload, # custom actor parameters
-                        dry_run=dispatch.dry_run,
-                        until=dispatch.until,
-                    )  # this will reconfigure the actor
-                else:
-                    # this will start a new actor with the given components
-                    # and run it for the duration of the dispatch
-                    actor.start(
-                        components=dispatch.target,
-                        run_parameters=dispatch.payload, # custom actor parameters
-                        dry_run=dispatch.dry_run,
-                        until=dispatch.until,
-                    )
-            case RunningState.STOPPED:
-                actor.stop()  # this will stop the actor
-            case RunningState.DIFFERENT_TYPE:
-                pass  # dispatch not for this type
+        if dispatch.type != "MY_TYPE":
+            continue
+
+        if dispatch.started:
+            print(f"Executing dispatch {dispatch.id}, due on {dispatch.start_time}")
+            if actor.is_running:
+                actor.reconfigure(
+                    components=dispatch.target,
+                    run_parameters=dispatch.payload, # custom actor parameters
+                    dry_run=dispatch.dry_run,
+                    until=dispatch.until,
+                )  # this will reconfigure the actor
+            else:
+                # this will start a new actor with the given components
+                # and run it for the duration of the dispatch
+                actor.start(
+                    components=dispatch.target,
+                    run_parameters=dispatch.payload, # custom actor parameters
+                    dry_run=dispatch.dry_run,
+                    until=dispatch.until,
+                )
+        else:
+            actor.stop()  # this will stop the actor
 ```
 
 ## Supported Platforms

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Upgrading
 
-<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
+* The method `Dispatch.running(type: str)` was replaced with the property `Dispatch.started: bool`.
 
 ## New Features
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">= 3.11, < 4"
 dependencies = [
-  "python-dateutil >= 2.8.2, < 3.0",
   "typing-extensions >= 4.11.0, < 5.0.0",
   # Make sure to update the version for cross-referencing also in the
   # mkdocs.yml file when changing the version here (look for the config key
@@ -72,9 +71,9 @@ dev-mkdocs = [
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
   "mypy == 1.13.0",
-  "grpc-stubs == 1.53.0.5",               # This dependency introduces breaking changes in patch releases
+  # This dependency introduces breaking changes in patch releases
+  "grpc-stubs == 1.53.0.5",
   "types-Markdown == 3.7.0.20240822",
-  "types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241003",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-dispatch[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
 ]

src/frequenz/dispatch/__init__.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 """
 
-from ._dispatch import Dispatch, RunningState
+from ._dispatch import Dispatch
 from ._dispatcher import Dispatcher, ReceiverFetcher
 from ._event import Created, Deleted, DispatchEvent, Updated
 from ._managing_actor import DispatchManagingActor, DispatchUpdate
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "ReceiverFetcher",
     "Updated",
     "Dispatch",
-    "RunningState",
     "DispatchManagingActor",
     "DispatchUpdate",
 ]