Remove unused code from lib/ansible/collections/ (#80712)

lib/ansible/collections/__init__.py

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# (c) 2019 Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import os
-
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-
-B_FLAG_FILES = frozenset([b'MANIFEST.json', b'galaxy.yml'])
-
-
-def is_collection_path(path):
-    """
-    Verify that a path meets min requirements to be a collection
-    :param path: byte-string path to evaluate for collection containment
-    :return: boolean signifying 'collectionness'
-    """
-
-    is_coll = False
-    b_path = to_bytes(path)
-    if os.path.isdir(b_path):
-        for b_flag in B_FLAG_FILES:
-            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(b_path, b_flag)):
-                is_coll = True
-                break
-
-    return is_coll

lib/ansible/collections/list.py

@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 # (c) 2019 Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import os
-
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.cli.galaxy import with_collection_artifacts_manager
 from ansible.galaxy.collection import find_existing_collections
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader._collection_finder import _get_collection_name_from_path
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
@@ -27,36 +21,6 @@ def list_collections(coll_filter=None, search_paths=None, dedupe=True, artifacts
     return collections
 
 
-def list_valid_collection_paths(search_paths=None, warn=False):
-    """
-    Filter out non existing or invalid search_paths for collections
-    :param search_paths: list of text-string paths, if none load default config
-    :param warn: display warning if search_path does not exist
-    :return: subset of original list
-    """
-
-    if search_paths is None:
-        search_paths = []
-
-    search_paths.extend(AnsibleCollectionConfig.collection_paths)
-
-    for path in search_paths:
-
-        b_path = to_bytes(path)
-        if not os.path.exists(b_path):
-            # warn for missing, but not if default
-            if warn:
-                display.warning("The configured collection path {0} does not exist.".format(path))
-            continue
-
-        if not os.path.isdir(b_path):
-            if warn:
-                display.warning("The configured collection path {0}, exists, but it is not a directory.".format(path))
-            continue
-
-        yield path
-
-
 @with_collection_artifacts_manager
 def list_collection_dirs(search_paths=None, coll_filter=None, artifacts_manager=None, dedupe=True):
     """