Added check_min_api_function to dtutils.lua to check the minimum version of the lua API required for a script to run. This is intended to replace the API check done with darktable.configuration.check_version(), which requires changing each time the API version changes. check_min_api_version should work for all API version changes unless backward compatibility is broken. All the scripts using darktable.configuration.check_version() were changed to use check_min_api_version().

examples/preferenceExamples.lua

@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ USAGE
 * require this script from your main lua file
 ]] 
 local dt = require "darktable"
-dt.configuration.check_version(...,{2,0,1},{3,0,0},{4,0,0},{5,0,0})
+local du = require "lib/dtutils"
+
+if not du.check_min_api_version("2.0.1") then
+  dt.print("ERROR:preferenceExamples failed to load.  Lua API version 2.0.1 or greater required.")
+  return
+end
 
 dt.preferences.register("preferenceExamples",        -- script: This is a string used to avoid name collision in preferences (i.e namespace). Set it to something unique, usually the name of the script handling the preference.
                         "preferenceExamplesString",  -- name