got rid of any code that references maintenance.loadconfiguration(fabric), this include the maintenance.check_version command which that load_configuration was meant to be used by

modules/initialize.py

@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@ def get_config(branchname):
     config = maintenance.load_configuration("config", branchname)
     layout = maintenance.load_configuration("layout", branchname)
 
-    # fabric_config = maintenance.load_configuration("fabric", branchname)
-    # maintenance.check_version(branchname)
-
     dataobject = DataObject(dict())
 
     dataobject.addbranch('project')

modules/maintenance.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from fabric.api import local
 import os
 import sys
 
-from . import utils
 from .utils import executize, virtualenv, loggify
 
 
@@ -228,11 +227,7 @@ def load_configuration(name, branch):
     #
     # the locations of the files we need relative to the PROJECT_ROOT
 
-    if name == "fabric":
+    if name == "config":
-        file_path = os.path.join(
-            get_project_root(), 'scripts', 'fabric', 'share', 'fabric.yml')
-
-    elif name == "config":
 
         #
         # the configuration we are working with will change
@@ -247,60 +242,3 @@ def load_configuration(name, branch):
     configuration_file = yaml.load(
         open(file_path, 'r'), Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
     return configuration_file
-
-
-@task
-def check_version(branchname):
-    """
-    Maintenance function to check the configuration version against
-    the fabric version currently loaded.  Returns boolean
-
-    If the version is either non-existant or not the same as the fabric
-    configuration version, then a message will be sent to the user letting
-    him know, and giving him the option to stop the program.  If he chooses
-    to continue, the function will return "False" to the calling function
-
-    Otherwise, everything will continue as normal and "True" will be returned
-
-    Keyword Arguments:
-
-    branchname -- the name of the branch whose configuration files we are
-    checking
-    """
-
-    config = load_configuration("config", branchname)
-    fabric_config = load_configuration("fabric", branchname)
-
-    if 'version' in config:
-        config_version = config['version']
-    else:
-        config_version = 0
-
-    version_correct = config_version >= fabric_config['version']
-
-    utils.printvar('version_correct', version_correct)
-
-    if not version_correct:
-
-        # TODO
-        # update this message, currently it is false because there is no
-        # fabric.updateconfs function!
-
-        version_false = """
-        NOTE: the current configuration information related to this project
-        is not up to date, the fabric tools are at version %s, and you are
-        at version %s.  Run fab fabric.updateconfs to correct.\n"""
-
-        utils.print_console(
-            version_false % (fabric_config['version'], config_version),
-            numsep=90)
-
-        # utils.prompt_continue()
-
-        # version was not correct return False to let the app
-        # know what's going on
-        return False
-
-    # version was correct, so return True to let the app know
-    # everything is A-OK
-    return True