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+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import six
+import testtools
+
+from glance.db.migration import CURRENT_RELEASE
+from glance.version import version_info
+
+
+class TestDataMigrationVersion(testtools.TestCase):
+
+    def test_migration_version(self):
+        """Make sure the data migration version info has been updated."""
+
+        release_number = int(version_info.version_string().split('.', 1)[0])
+
+        # by rule, release names must be composed of the 26 letters of the
+        # ISO Latin alphabet (ord('A')==65, ord('Z')==90)
+        release_letter = six.text_type(CURRENT_RELEASE[:1].upper()).encode(
+            'ascii')
+
+        # Convert release letter into an int in [1:26].  The first
+        # glance release was 'Bexar'.
+        converted_release_letter = (ord(release_letter) -
+                                    ord(u'B'.encode('ascii')) + 1)
+
+        # Project the release number into [1:26]
+        converted_release_number = release_number % 26
+
+        # Prepare for the worst with a super-informative message
+        msg = ('\n\n'
+               'EMERGENCY!\n'
+               'glance.db.migration.CURRENT_RELEASE is out of sync '
+               'with the glance version.\n'
+               '  CURRENT_RELEASE: %s\n'
+               '  glance version: %s\n'
+               'glance.db.migration.CURRENT_RELEASE needs to be '
+               'updated IMMEDIATELY.\n'
+               'The gate will be wedged until the update is made.\n'
+               'EMERGENCY!\n'
+               '\n') % (CURRENT_RELEASE,
+                        version_info.version_string())
+
+        self.assertEqual(converted_release_letter,
+                         converted_release_number,
+                         msg)