Fix compatibility with python <3.11 for catch_warnings(), bump versio…

…n to 4.5.1

geocatbridge/metadata.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ about=GeoCat is pleased to offer its Bridge plugin to the QGIS community.
 experimental=False
 category=Web
 qgisMinimumVersion=3.16
-version=4.5.0
+version=4.5.1
 email=support@geocat.net
 icon=icons/geocat.png
 tags=style, symbology, cartography, publishing, sharing, SDI, metadata, MapServer,
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ tracker=https://github.com/GeoCat/qgis-bridge-plugin/issues
 repository=https://github.com/GeoCat/qgis-bridge-plugin
 hasProcessingProvider=yes
 deprecated=False
-changelog=Version 4.5.0, September 2024
+changelog=Version 4.5.1, October 2024
+          - Fix bridgestyle (ExpressionConverter) causing some feature styles to fail [#189]
+          - Remove Python warnings
+
+          Version 4.5.0, September 2024
           - Properly release resources when plugin reloads [#187]
           - Replaced QtWebKit related code with regular Qt UI elements [#152, #185]
           - Replaced PNG icons with SVG icons

geocatbridge/publish/style/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json as _json
-from warnings import catch_warnings
+from warnings import catch_warnings, simplefilter
 from typing import Dict as _Dict, List, Tuple
 from xml.dom import minidom
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ETree
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ def layerStyleAsSld(layer: _lyr.BridgeLayer, lowercase_props: bool = False) -> T
     layer_name = ETree.SubElement(named_layer, "Name")
     layer_name.text = layer.web_slug if hasattr(layer, 'web_slug') else layer.name()
     user_style = ETree.SubElement(named_layer, "UserStyle")
-    with catch_warnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning):
+    with catch_warnings():
+        simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
         # As title() and abstract() actually point to metadata().title() and metadata().abstract(),
         # (see BridgeLayer.__init__), we can suppress the deprecation warning here...
         props = {