19 files changed, 203 insertions, 154 deletions

diff --git a/src/buildstream/_frontend/app.py b/src/buildstream/_frontend/app.py
index baf75c05d..8d4dd34b1 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_frontend/app.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_frontend/app.py
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ from .._exceptions import BstError, StreamError, LoadError, AppError
 from ..exceptions import LoadErrorReason
 from .._message import Message, MessageType, unconditional_messages
 from .._stream import Stream
-from .._versions import BST_FORMAT_VERSION
 from ..types import _SchedulerErrorAction
 from .. import node
+from .. import utils
+from ..utils import UtilError
 
 # Import frontend assets
 from .profile import Profile
@@ -357,18 +358,13 @@ class App:
     #
     # Args:
     #    project_name (str): The project name, must be a valid symbol name
-    #    format_version (int): The project format version, default is the latest version
+    #    min_version (str): The minimum required version of BuildStream (default is current version)
     #    element_path (str): The subdirectory to store elements in, default is 'elements'
     #    force (bool): Allow overwriting an existing project.conf
     #    target_directory (str): The target directory the project should be initialized in
     #
     def init_project(
-        self,
-        project_name,
-        format_version=BST_FORMAT_VERSION,
-        element_path="elements",
-        force=False,
-        target_directory=None,
+        self, project_name, min_version=None, element_path="elements", force=False, target_directory=None,
     ):
         if target_directory:
             directory = os.path.abspath(target_directory)
@@ -378,6 +374,10 @@ class App:
 
         project_path = os.path.join(directory, "project.conf")
 
+        if min_version is None:
+            bst_major, bst_minor = utils.get_bst_version()
+            min_version = "{}.{}".format(bst_major, bst_minor)
+
         try:
             if self._set_project_dir:
                 raise AppError(
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class App:
                 # If project name was specified, user interaction is not desired, just
                 # perform some validation and write the project.conf
                 node._assert_symbol_name(project_name, "project name")
-                self._assert_format_version(format_version)
+                self._assert_min_version(min_version)
                 self._assert_element_path(element_path)
 
             elif not self.interactive:
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ class App:
                 )
             else:
                 # Collect the parameters using an interactive session
-                project_name, format_version, element_path = self._init_project_interactive(
-                    project_name, format_version, element_path
+                project_name, min_version, element_path = self._init_project_interactive(
+                    project_name, min_version, element_path
                 )
 
             # Create the directory if it doesnt exist
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ class App:
                     f.write(
                         "# Unique project name\n"
                         + "name: {}\n\n".format(project_name)
-                        + "# Required BuildStream format version\n"
-                        + "format-version: {}\n\n".format(format_version)
+                        + "# Required BuildStream version\n"
+                        + "min-version: {}\n\n".format(min_version)
                         + "# Subdirectory where elements are stored\n"
                         + "element-path: {}\n".format(element_path)
                     )
@@ -827,20 +827,19 @@ class App:
 
     # Some validation routines for project initialization
     #
-    def _assert_format_version(self, format_version):
-        message = "The version must be supported by this " + "version of buildstream (0 - {})\n".format(
-            BST_FORMAT_VERSION
-        )
+    def _assert_min_version(self, min_version):
+        bst_major, bst_minor = utils._get_bst_api_version()
+        message = "The minimum version must be a known version of BuildStream {}".format(bst_major)
 
-        # Validate that it is an integer
+        # Validate the version format
         try:
-            number = int(format_version)
-        except ValueError as e:
-            raise AppError(message, reason="invalid-format-version") from e
+            min_version_major, min_version_minor = utils._parse_version(min_version)
+        except UtilError as e:
+            raise AppError(str(e), reason="invalid-min-version") from e
 
-        # Validate that the specified version is supported
-        if number < 0 or number > BST_FORMAT_VERSION:
-            raise AppError(message, reason="invalid-format-version")
+        # Validate that this version can be loaded by the installed version of BuildStream
+        if min_version_major != bst_major or min_version_minor > bst_minor:
+            raise AppError(message, reason="invalid-min-version")
 
     def _assert_element_path(self, element_path):
         message = "The element path cannot be an absolute path or contain any '..' components\n"
@@ -864,15 +863,21 @@ class App:
     #
     # Args:
     #    project_name (str): The project name, must be a valid symbol name
-    #    format_version (int): The project format version, default is the latest version
+    #    min_version (str): The minimum BuildStream version, default is the latest version
     #    element_path (str): The subdirectory to store elements in, default is 'elements'
     #
     # Returns:
     #    project_name (str): The user selected project name
-    #    format_version (int): The user selected format version
+    #    min_version (int): The user selected minimum BuildStream version
     #    element_path (str): The user selected element path
     #
-    def _init_project_interactive(self, project_name, format_version=BST_FORMAT_VERSION, element_path="elements"):
+    def _init_project_interactive(self, project_name, min_version=None, element_path="elements"):
+
+        bst_major, bst_minor = utils._get_bst_api_version()
+
+        if min_version is None:
+            min_version = "{}.{}".format(bst_major, bst_minor)
+
         def project_name_proc(user_input):
             try:
                 node._assert_symbol_name(user_input, "project name")
@@ -881,9 +886,9 @@ class App:
                 raise UsageError(message) from e
             return user_input
 
-        def format_version_proc(user_input):
+        def min_version_proc(user_input):
             try:
-                self._assert_format_version(user_input)
+                self._assert_min_version(user_input)
             except AppError as e:
                 raise UsageError(str(e)) from e
             return user_input
@@ -927,17 +932,21 @@ class App:
         project_name = click.prompt(self._content_profile.fmt("Project name"), value_proc=project_name_proc, err=True)
         click.echo("", err=True)
 
-        # Collect format version
-        click.echo(self._content_profile.fmt("Select the minimum required format version for your project"), err=True)
-        click.echo(self._format_profile.fmt("-----------------------------------------------------------"), err=True)
+        # Collect minimum BuildStream version
+        click.echo(
+            self._content_profile.fmt("Select the minimum required BuildStream version for your project"), err=True
+        )
+        click.echo(
+            self._format_profile.fmt("----------------------------------------------------------------"), err=True
+        )
         click.echo("", err=True)
         click.echo(
             self._detail_profile.fmt(
                 w.fill(
-                    "The format version is used to provide users who build your project "
+                    "The minimum version is used to provide users who build your project "
                     "with a helpful error message in the case that they do not have a recent "
-                    "enough version of BuildStream supporting all the features which your "
-                    "project might use."
+                    "enough version of BuildStream to support all the features which your "
+                    "project uses."
                 )
             ),
             err=True,
@@ -946,19 +955,17 @@ class App:
         click.echo(
             self._detail_profile.fmt(
                 w.fill(
-                    "The lowest version allowed is 0, the currently installed version of BuildStream "
-                    "supports up to format version {}.".format(BST_FORMAT_VERSION)
+                    "The lowest version allowed is {major}.0, the currently installed version of BuildStream is {major}.{minor}".format(
+                        major=bst_major, minor=bst_minor
+                    )
                 )
             ),
             err=True,
         )
 
         click.echo("", err=True)
-        format_version = click.prompt(
-            self._content_profile.fmt("Format version"),
-            value_proc=format_version_proc,
-            default=format_version,
-            err=True,
+        min_version = click.prompt(
+            self._content_profile.fmt("Minimum version"), value_proc=min_version_proc, default=min_version, err=True,
         )
         click.echo("", err=True)
 
@@ -991,7 +998,7 @@ class App:
             self._content_profile.fmt("Element path"), value_proc=element_path_proc, default=element_path, err=True
         )
 
-        return (project_name, format_version, element_path)
+        return (project_name, min_version, element_path)
 
 
 #
diff --git a/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py b/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
index 44bb99f92..522f15115 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import shutil
 import click
 from .. import _yaml
 from .._exceptions import BstError, LoadError, AppError
-from .._versions import BST_FORMAT_VERSION
 from .complete import main_bashcomplete, complete_path, CompleteUnhandled
 from ..types import _CacheBuildTrees, _SchedulerErrorAction, _PipelineSelection
-from ..utils import _get_compression, UtilError
+from ..utils import UtilError
 
 
 ##################################################################
@@ -414,12 +413,20 @@ def help_command(ctx, command):
 ##################################################################
 #                           Init Command                         #
 ##################################################################
+def default_min_version():
+    from .. import utils
+
+    bst_major, bst_minor = utils._get_bst_api_version()
+
+    return "{}.{}".format(bst_major, bst_minor)
+
+
 @cli.command(short_help="Initialize a new BuildStream project")
 @click.option("--project-name", type=click.STRING, help="The project name to use")
 @click.option(
-    "--format-version",
-    type=click.INT,
-    default=BST_FORMAT_VERSION,
+    "--min-version",
+    type=click.STRING,
+    default=default_min_version(),
     show_default=True,
     help="The required format version",
 )
@@ -433,7 +440,7 @@ def help_command(ctx, command):
 @click.option("--force", "-f", is_flag=True, help="Allow overwriting an existing project.conf")
 @click.argument("target-directory", nargs=1, required=False, type=click.Path(file_okay=False, writable=True))
 @click.pass_obj
-def init(app, project_name, format_version, element_path, force, target_directory):
+def init(app, project_name, min_version, element_path, force, target_directory):
     """Initialize a new BuildStream project
 
     Creates a new BuildStream project.conf in the project
@@ -442,7 +449,7 @@ def init(app, project_name, format_version, element_path, force, target_director
     Unless `--project-name` is specified, this will be an
     interactive session.
     """
-    app.init_project(project_name, format_version, element_path, force, target_directory)
+    app.init_project(project_name, min_version, element_path, force, target_directory)
 
 
 ##################################################################
@@ -1226,6 +1233,8 @@ def artifact_checkout(app, force, deps, integrate, hardlinks, tar, compression,
     When this command is executed from a workspace directory, the default
     is to checkout the artifact of the workspace element.
     """
+    from .. import utils
+
     if hardlinks and tar:
         click.echo("ERROR: options --hardlinks and --tar conflict", err=True)
         sys.exit(-1)
@@ -1249,7 +1258,7 @@ def artifact_checkout(app, force, deps, integrate, hardlinks, tar, compression,
     else:
         location = tar
         try:
-            inferred_compression = _get_compression(tar)
+            inferred_compression = utils._get_compression(tar)
         except UtilError as e:
             click.echo("ERROR: Invalid file extension given with '--tar': {}".format(e), err=True)
             sys.exit(-1)
diff --git a/src/buildstream/_project.py b/src/buildstream/_project.py
index 9e5d92b7c..3527d211f 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_project.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_project.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from pluginbase import PluginBase
 from . import utils
 from . import _site
 from . import _yaml
+from .utils import UtilError
 from ._artifactelement import ArtifactElement
 from ._profile import Topics, PROFILER
 from ._exceptions import LoadError
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ from ._elementfactory import ElementFactory
 from ._sourcefactory import SourceFactory
 from .types import CoreWarnings
 from ._projectrefs import ProjectRefs, ProjectRefStorage
-from ._versions import BST_FORMAT_VERSION
-from ._versions import BST_FORMAT_VERSION_MIN
 from ._loader import Loader
 from .element import Element
 from .types import FastEnum
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ class Project:
     def _validate_node(self, node):
         node.validate_keys(
             [
-                "format-version",
+                "min-version",
                 "element-path",
                 "variables",
                 "environment",
@@ -579,6 +578,72 @@ class Project:
 
         return tuple(default_targets)
 
+    # _validate_version()
+    #
+    # Asserts that we have a BuildStream installation which is recent
+    # enough for the project required version
+    #
+    # Args:
+    #    config_node (dict) - YaML node of the configuration file.
+    #
+    # Raises: LoadError if there was a problem with the project.conf
+    #
+    def _validate_version(self, config_node):
+
+        bst_major, bst_minor = utils._get_bst_api_version()
+
+        # Use a custom error message for the absence of the required "min-version"
+        # as this may be an indication that we are trying to load a BuildStream 1 project.
+        #
+        min_version_node = config_node.get_scalar("min-version", None)
+        if min_version_node.is_none():
+            p = config_node.get_provenance()
+            raise LoadError(
+                "{}: Dictionary did not contain expected key 'min-version'".format(p),
+                LoadErrorReason.INVALID_DATA,
+                #
+                # TODO: Provide a link to documentation on how to install
+                #       BuildStream 1 in a venv
+                #
+                detail="If you are trying to use a BuildStream 1 project, "
+                + "please install BuildStream 1 to use this project.",
+            )
+
+        # Parse the project declared minimum required BuildStream version
+        min_version = min_version_node.as_str()
+        try:
+            min_version_major, min_version_minor = utils._parse_version(min_version)
+        except UtilError as e:
+            p = min_version_node.get_provenance()
+            raise LoadError(
+                "{}: {}\n".format(p, e),
+                LoadErrorReason.INVALID_DATA,
+                detail="The min-version must be specified as MAJOR.MINOR with "
+                + "numeric major and minor minimum required version numbers",
+            ) from e
+
+        # Future proofing, in case there is ever a BuildStream 3
+        if min_version_major != bst_major:
+            p = min_version_node.get_provenance()
+            raise LoadError(
+                "{}: Version mismatch".format(p),
+                LoadErrorReason.UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT,
+                detail="Project requires BuildStream {}, ".format(min_version_major)
+                + "but BuildStream {} is installed.\n".format(bst_major)
+                + "Please use BuildStream {} with this project.".format(min_version_major),
+            )
+
+        # Check minimal minor point requirement is satisfied
+        if min_version_minor > bst_minor:
+            p = min_version_node.get_provenance()
+            raise LoadError(
+                "{}: Version mismatch".format(p),
+                LoadErrorReason.UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT,
+                detail="Project requires at least BuildStream {}.{}, ".format(min_version_major, min_version_minor)
+                + "but BuildStream {}.{} is installed.\n".format(bst_major, bst_minor)
+                + "Please upgrade BuildStream.",
+            )
+
     # _load():
     #
     # Loads the project configuration file in the project
@@ -606,24 +671,8 @@ class Project:
         pre_config_node = self._default_config_node.clone()
         self._project_conf._composite(pre_config_node)
 
-        # Assert project's format version early, before validating toplevel keys
-        format_version = pre_config_node.get_int("format-version")
-        if format_version < BST_FORMAT_VERSION_MIN:
-            major, minor = utils.get_bst_version()
-            raise LoadError(
-                "Project requested format version {}, but BuildStream {}.{} only supports format version {} or above."
-                "Use latest 1.x release".format(format_version, major, minor, BST_FORMAT_VERSION_MIN),
-                LoadErrorReason.UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT,
-            )
-
-        if BST_FORMAT_VERSION < format_version:
-            major, minor = utils.get_bst_version()
-            raise LoadError(
-                "Project requested format version {}, but BuildStream {}.{} only supports up until format version {}".format(
-                    format_version, major, minor, BST_FORMAT_VERSION
-                ),
-                LoadErrorReason.UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT,
-            )
+        # Assert project's minimum required version early, before validating toplevel keys
+        self._validate_version(pre_config_node)
 
         self._validate_node(pre_config_node)
 
diff --git a/src/buildstream/_versions.py b/src/buildstream/_versions.py
index ad749865d..f97560b4d 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_versions.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_versions.py
@@ -17,21 +17,6 @@
 #  Authors:
 #        Tristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk>
 
-
-# The base BuildStream format version
-#
-# This version is bumped whenever enhancements are made
-# to the `project.conf` format or the core element format.
-#
-BST_FORMAT_VERSION = 25
-
-# The mimimum BuildStream format version supported
-#
-# This version is the minimum format version supported by the
-# current buildstream version
-#
-BST_FORMAT_VERSION_MIN = 18
-
 # The base BuildStream artifact version
 #
 # The artifact version changes whenever the cache key
diff --git a/src/buildstream/buildelement.py b/src/buildstream/buildelement.py
index 95b085eba..32b64a8ed 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/buildelement.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/buildelement.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ BuildElement - Abstract class for build elements
 The BuildElement class is a convenience element one can derive from for
 implementing the most common case of element.
 
+
 .. _core_buildelement_builtins:
 
 Built-in functionality
 ----------------------
-
 The BuildElement base class provides built in functionality that could be
 overridden by the individual plugins.
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ This section will give a brief summary of how some of the common features work,
 some of them or the variables they use will be further detailed in the following
 sections.
 
+
 The `strip-binaries` variable
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The `strip-binaries` variable is by default **empty**. You need to use the
@@ -43,12 +44,14 @@ If you are targetting Linux, ones known to work are the ones used by the
 `freedesktop-sdk <https://freedesktop-sdk.io/>`_, you can take a look to them in their
 `project.conf <https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/freedesktop-sdk/blob/freedesktop-sdk-18.08.21/project.conf#L74>`_
 
+
 Location for running commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The ``command-subdir`` variable sets where the build commands will be executed,
 if the directory does not exist it will be created, it is defined relative to
 the buildroot.
 
+
 Location for configuring the project
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The ``conf-root`` is defined by default as ``.`` and is the location that
@@ -66,21 +69,19 @@ The current working directory when your configuration command is run will still
 be wherever you set your ``command-subdir`` to be, regardless of where the
 configure scripts are set with ``conf-root``.
 
-.. note::
-
-   The ``conf-root`` variable is available since :ref:`format version 17 <project_format_version>`
 
 Install Location
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
 You should not change the ``install-root`` variable as it is a special
 writeable location in the sandbox but it is useful when writing custom
 install instructions as it may need to be supplied as the ``DESTDIR``, please
 see the :mod:`cmake <elements.cmake>` build element for example.
 
+
 Abstract method implementations
 -------------------------------
 
+
 Element.configure_sandbox()
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 In :func:`Element.configure_sandbox() <buildstream.element.Element.configure_sandbox>`,
diff --git a/src/buildstream/data/projectconfig.yaml b/src/buildstream/data/projectconfig.yaml
index a2dc4ad9b..a2753c312 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/data/projectconfig.yaml
+++ b/src/buildstream/data/projectconfig.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # General configuration defaults
 #
 
-# Require format version 18
-format-version: 18
-
 # Elements are found at the project root
 element-path: .
 
diff --git a/src/buildstream/exceptions.py b/src/buildstream/exceptions.py
index 123e18d72..cc2bd6381 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/exceptions.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class LoadErrorReason(Enum):
     """
 
     UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT = 7
-    """BuildStream does not support the required project format version"""
+    """The project requires an incompatible BuildStream version"""
 
     UNSUPPORTED_PLUGIN = 8
     """Project requires a newer version of a plugin than the one which was
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugin.py b/src/buildstream/plugin.py
index 5c362aff6..2182f5a08 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugin.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugin.py
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ class Plugin:
        Plugins are expected to maintain backward compatibility
        in the format and configurations they expose. The versioning
        is intended to track availability of new features only.
-
-       For convenience, the format version for plugins maintained and
-       distributed with BuildStream are revisioned with BuildStream's
-       core format version :ref:`core format version <project_format_version>`.
     """
 
     BST_PLUGIN_DEPRECATED = False
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/filter.py b/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/filter.py
index 71ed1f6cb..d5749ad2d 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/filter.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/filter.py
@@ -77,21 +77,14 @@ we can define the following filter, ``filter-foo.bst``:
    kind: filter
 
    # Declare the sole build-dependency of the filter element
-   depends:
-   - filename: import.bst
-     type: build
+   build-depends:
+   - import.bst
 
    # Declare a list of domains to include in the filter's artifact
    config:
      include:
      - foo
 
-.. note::
-
-   We can also specify build-dependencies with a 'build-depends' field which has been
-   available since :ref:`format version 14 <project_format_version>`. See the
-   :ref:`Build-Depends documentation <format_build_depends>` for more detail.
-
 It should be noted that an 'empty' ``include:`` list would, by default, include all
 split-rules specified in the parent element, which, in this example, would be the
 files 'foo' and 'bar' (the file 'baz' was not covered by any split rules).
@@ -104,9 +97,8 @@ only contains the file 'foo') by declaring the following element, ``exclude-bar.
    kind: filter
 
    # Declare the sole build-dependency of the filter element
-   depends:
-   - filename: import.bst
-     type: build
+   build-depends:
+   - import.bst
 
    # Declare a list of domains to exclude in the filter's artifact
    config:
@@ -123,9 +115,8 @@ which are not included as split rules we can define the following element, ``fil
    kind: filter
 
    # Declare the sole build-dependency of the filter element
-   depends:
-   - filename: import.bst
-     type: build
+   build-depends:
+   - import.bst
 
    # Filter out all files which are not declared as split rules
    config:
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/junction.py b/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/junction.py
index f0fcdcdfd..46c4ddf68 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/junction.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugins/elements/junction.py
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ Overview
 
 .. note::
 
-   The configuration option to allow specifying junction targets is available
-   since :ref:`format version 24 <project_format_version>` and the configuration
-   options allowing for junction project elements to interact with parent remotes
-   or to completely ignore junction project remotes are available since
-   :ref:`format version 25 <project_format_version>`.
-
-.. note::
-
    Junction elements may not specify any dependencies as they are simply
    links to other projects and are not in the dependency graph on their own.
 
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
index d04ccfe1b..473166132 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
@@ -143,17 +143,9 @@ This plugin provides the following :ref:`configurable warnings <configurable_war
 - ``git:unlisted-submodule`` - A submodule is present in the git repository but was not specified in
   the source configuration and was not disabled for checkout.
 
-  .. note::
-
-     The ``git:unlisted-submodule`` warning is available since :ref:`format version 20 <project_format_version>`
-
 - ``git:invalid-submodule`` - A submodule is specified in the source configuration but does not exist
   in the repository.
 
-  .. note::
-
-     The ``git:invalid-submodule`` warning is available since :ref:`format version 20 <project_format_version>`
-
 This plugin also utilises the following configurable :class:`core warnings <buildstream.types.CoreWarnings>`:
 
 - :attr:`ref-not-in-track <buildstream.types.CoreWarnings.REF_NOT_IN_TRACK>` - The provided ref was not
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/pip.py b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/pip.py
index c3af0f9cf..69c08e81f 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/pip.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/pip.py
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ Downloaded tarballs will be stored in a directory called ".bst_pip_downloads".
 
 See :ref:`built-in functionality doumentation <core_source_builtins>` for
 details on common configuration options for sources.
-
-.. note::
-
-   The ``pip`` plugin is available since :ref:`format version 16 <project_format_version>`
 """
 
 import hashlib
diff --git a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/remote.py b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/remote.py
index da1a1f964..29333c0d9 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/remote.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/plugins/sources/remote.py
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ remote - stage files from remote urls
 
 See :ref:`built-in functionality doumentation <core_source_builtins>` for
 details on common configuration options for sources.
-
-.. note::
-
-   The ``remote`` plugin is available since :ref:`format version 10 <project_format_version>`
 """
 import os
 from buildstream import SourceError, utils
diff --git a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/mirror.py b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/mirror.py
index de05b894c..69042747c 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/mirror.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/mirror.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def test_mirror_from_includes(cli, tmpdir, datafiles, kind):
 
     config_project_dir = str(tmpdir.join("config"))
     os.makedirs(config_project_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    config_project = {"name": "config"}
+    config_project = {"name": "config", "min-version": "2.0"}
     _yaml.roundtrip_dump(config_project, os.path.join(config_project_dir, "project.conf"))
     extra_mirrors = {"mirrors": [{"name": "middle-earth", "aliases": {alias: [mirror_map + "/"],}}]}
     _yaml.roundtrip_dump(extra_mirrors, os.path.join(config_project_dir, "mirrors.yml"))
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def test_mirror_junction_from_includes(cli, tmpdir, datafiles, kind):
 
     config_project_dir = str(tmpdir.join("config"))
     os.makedirs(config_project_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    config_project = {"name": "config"}
+    config_project = {"name": "config", "min-version": "2.0"}
     _yaml.roundtrip_dump(config_project, os.path.join(config_project_dir, "project.conf"))
     extra_mirrors = {"mirrors": [{"name": "middle-earth", "aliases": {alias: [mirror_map + "/"],}}]}
     _yaml.roundtrip_dump(extra_mirrors, os.path.join(config_project_dir, "mirrors.yml"))
diff --git a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/files/sub-project/project.conf b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/files/sub-project/project.conf
index bbb8414a3..74cfd2583 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/files/sub-project/project.conf
+++ b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/files/sub-project/project.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Project config for frontend build test
 name: subtest
-
+min-version: 2.0
 element-path: elements
diff --git a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/project.conf b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/project.conf
index 05b68bfeb..22fe9477f 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/project.conf
+++ b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/project/project.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Project config for frontend build test
 name: test
+min-version: 2.0
 element-path: elements
 aliases:
   alpine: https://bst-integration-test-images.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/
diff --git a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/track_cross_junction.py b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/track_cross_junction.py
index 2477b37ee..2c4141936 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/track_cross_junction.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/testing/_sourcetests/track_cross_junction.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def generate_project(tmpdir, name, kind, config=None):
     subproject_path = os.path.join(str(tmpdir.join(project_name)))
     os.makedirs(os.path.join(subproject_path, "elements"))
 
-    project_conf = {"name": name, "element-path": "elements"}
+    project_conf = {"name": name, "min-version": "2.0", "element-path": "elements"}
     project_conf.update(config)
     _yaml.roundtrip_dump(project_conf, os.path.join(subproject_path, "project.conf"))
     add_plugins_conf(subproject_path, kind)
diff --git a/src/buildstream/testing/_yaml.py b/src/buildstream/testing/_yaml.py
index ccf65a1ae..0a16f3226 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/testing/_yaml.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/testing/_yaml.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ def generate_project(project_dir, config=None):
     project_file = os.path.join(project_dir, "project.conf")
     if "name" not in config:
         config["name"] = os.path.basename(project_dir)
+    if "min-version" not in config:
+        config["min-version"] = "2.0"
     roundtrip_dump(config, project_file)
 
 
diff --git a/src/buildstream/utils.py b/src/buildstream/utils.py
index 997c073b9..9f7690f7f 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/utils.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/utils.py
@@ -580,17 +580,9 @@ def get_bst_version() -> Tuple[int, int]:
         )
 
     try:
-        return (int(versions[0]), int(versions[1]))
-    except IndexError:
-        raise UtilError(
-            "Cannot detect Major and Minor parts of the version\n"
-            "Version: {} not in XX.YY.whatever format".format(__version__)
-        )
-    except ValueError:
-        raise UtilError(
-            "Cannot convert version to integer numbers\n"
-            "Version: {} not in Integer.Integer.whatever format".format(__version__)
-        )
+        return _parse_version(__version__)
+    except UtilError as e:
+        raise UtilError("Failed to detect BuildStream version: {}\n".format(e)) from e
 
 
 def move_atomic(source: Union[Path, str], destination: Union[Path, str], *, ensure_parents: bool = True) -> None:
@@ -1591,3 +1583,46 @@ def _is_single_threaded():
             return True
         time.sleep(wait)
     return False
+
+
+# _parse_version():
+#
+# Args:
+#    version (str): The file name from which to determine compression
+#
+# Returns:
+#    A 2-tuple of form (major version, minor version)
+#
+# Raises:
+#    UtilError: In the case of a malformed version string
+#
+def _parse_version(version: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+
+    versions = version.split(".")
+    try:
+        major = int(versions[0])
+        minor = int(versions[1])
+    except (IndexError, ValueError):
+        raise UtilError("Malformed version string: {}".format(version),)
+
+    return (major, minor)
+
+
+# _get_bst_api_version():
+#
+# Fetch the current BuildStream API version, this
+# ensures that we get "2.0" for example when we are
+# in a development stage leading up to 2.0.
+#
+# Returns:
+#    A 2-tuple of form (major version, minor version)
+#
+def _get_bst_api_version() -> Tuple[int, int]:
+
+    bst_major, bst_minor = get_bst_version()
+
+    if bst_major < 2:
+        bst_major = 2
+        bst_minor = 0
+
+    return (bst_major, bst_minor)