Allow any version of Python (including 3.11) in metadata

kedro/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,26 @@
 configuration and pipeline assembly.
 """
 
+import sys
+import warnings
+
 __version__ = "0.18.11"
+
+
+class KedroPythonVersionWarning(UserWarning):
+    """Custom class for warnings about incompatibilities with Python versions."""
+
+    pass
+
+
+if not sys.warnoptions:
+    warnings.simplefilter("error", KedroPythonVersionWarning)
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    warnings.warn(
+        """Kedro is not yet fully compatible with this Python version.
+To proceed at your own risk and ignore this warning,
+run Kedro with `python -W "default:Kedro is not yet fully compatible" -m kedro ...`
+or set the PYTHONWARNINGS environment variable accordingly.""",
+        KedroPythonVersionWarning,
+    )

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Kedro"}
 ]
 description = "Kedro helps you build production-ready data and analytics pipelines"
-requires-python = ">=3.7, <3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
 keywords = [
     "pipelines",
     "machine learning",

tests/test_import.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import pytest
+
+import kedro
+
+
+def test_import_kedro_with_no_official_support_raise_error(mocker):
+    """Test importing kedro with python>=3.11 should fail"""
+    mocker.patch("kedro.sys.version_info", (3, 11))
+
+    # We use the parent class to avoid issues with `exec_module`
+    with pytest.raises(UserWarning) as excinfo:
+        kedro.__loader__.exec_module(kedro)
+
+    assert "Kedro is not yet fully compatible" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
+def test_import_kedro_with_no_official_support_emits_warning(mocker):
+    """Test importing kedro python>=3.11 and controlled warnings should work"""
+    mocker.patch("kedro.sys.version_info", (3, 11))
+    mocker.patch("kedro.sys.warnoptions", ["default:Kedro is not yet fully compatible"])
+
+    # We use the parent class to avoid issues with `exec_module`
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning) as record:
+        kedro.__loader__.exec_module(kedro)
+
+    assert len(record) == 1
+    assert "Kedro is not yet fully compatible" in record[0].message.args[0]