Revert "puppetlabs/stdlib: Require 9.x"

[bastelfreak]

Reverts #1449

To ensure we can do a minor release, we will try to revert this, do a minor release, apply it again.

This reverts e142268

[bastelfreak]

I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have a check for latest modules that's enforced.

[ekohl]

I agree that sometimes you just aren't ready for latest yet. Makes me wonder if there's a way to suppress it.

Technically you can call it compatible with the latest version, you just get deprecation warnings. On Puppet 7 that's no problem and on Puppet 8 you can work around it now (I think).

[ekohl]

👍 content wise, but perhaps label it as Bring back compatibility with stdlib < 9.

[bastelfreak]

now I'm not sure yet how we properly reflect this in the changelog, but the tests should pass.

[ekohl]

I wouldn't be too worried. Especially if we quickly release a new major after which brings proper compatibility.

[smortex]

now I'm not sure yet how we properly reflect this in the changelog, but the tests should pass.

I would make sure both do not appear in the changelog (abuse the maintenance tag?)

[bastelfreak]

this now reverts #1449 completely. That allows us to skip both PRs for the changelog.

[ekohl]

I miss the reference that git revert e142268e9aa9f802a861d42bed2f7039bb8d6295 would generate, but otherwise 👍 for the approach.

[bastelfreak]

I added the sha to the PR message