Make tests fail on warnings #1197
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Problem
Users seeing warnings.
Solution
This is a technique I've rolled out against my own open source projects and Django REST Framework.
By failing tests as soon as new deprecation warnings are created in the library, they aren't passed on to users who then have to report them back in issues like #1195, saving everyone some time, effort, and noise.
Acceptance Criteria
There are no warnings at current so the tests don't fail. To check I reverted the code changes from commit e855fcf, ran Django 3.1 tests, and saw the warnings fail the test run at import time: