Upgrade to Robot Framework 6

[mikahanninen]

packages requiring upgrade before rpaframework can be upgraded

• robotframework-docgen [repo] == release 0.16.0
• rpaframework-pdf
• rpaframework-windows

main upgrade

• rpaframework

other package upgrades

• rpaframework-assistant
• rpaframework-aws
• rpaframework-google
• rpaframework-openai (due to the robotframework-docgen)
• rpaframework-dialogs (MAYBE NOT, deprecated)

NO package upgrade needed

• rpaframework-recognition

IMPROVEMENTS

• RF 6.0 "Enhancements to automatic argument conversion"
  • Argument types have better automatic conversion and validation
• RF 6.0 "start/end_keyword listener methods get more information about control structures"
  • Possible to create better listeners
• RF 6.1 "Possibility to flatten keyword structures during execution"
  • Possible to flatten keywords using keyword tag "robot:flatten"
• RF 6.1 "JSON variable file support"
  • Possible to create variables from JSON file (YAML support has existed already), for example. "Variables example.json"
• RF 6.1 "WHILE loop enhancements"
  • Adds optional "on_limit" which can be given what to do when limit is reached (instead of current default FAIL)
  • Loop condition is optional
  • Adds optional "on_limit_message"
• RF 6.1 "New pseudo log level CONSOLE"
  • Effectively logs a message as INFO level and also to the console

CHANGES TO PREVIOUS BEHAVIOUR (deprecations/breaking changes)

• RF 6.0 "Enhancements to keyword namespaces"
  • Keyword with the same name earlier caused conflict if keyword exist in another resource file. Now the keyword will be used.
• RF 6.0 "Enhancements for setting keyword and test tags"
  • "Force Tags" --> "Task Tags", "Default Tags" --> "Tags"
• RF 6.0 "WITH NAME in favor of AS when giving alias to imported library"
  • Library import aliases new token is "AS"
• RF 6.1 "Changes to output.xml"
• RF 6.1 "Python 3.7 support"

[custompointofview]

Hey... just jumping in after the meeting. 😊
If we'd like to avoid 6.1.0 should these clauses be more restrictive?

[mikahanninen]

Yeah I will add 6.1.0 exclusion.