labgrid/driver/power: deprecate siglent backend

See labgrid-project#1507 for more
details.

Signed-off-by: Bastian Krause <bst@pengutronix.de>

CHANGES.rst

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Due to the migration, 24.1 includes the following breaking changes:
 Other breaking changes include:
 
 - Support for Python 3.8 was dropped.
+- The siglent power backend is deprecated because it uses the no longer
+  maintained vxi11 module which again uses the deprecated (and in Python 3.13
+  removed) xdrlib. See
+  `issue #1507 <https://github.com/labgrid-project/labgrid/issues/1507>`_.
 
 Known issues in 24.1
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

labgrid/driver/power/siglent.py

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 """ tested with Siglent SPD3303X-E, and should be compatible with all SPD3000X series modules"""
 
+import warnings
+
 import vxi11
 
 
 def power_set(host, port, index, value):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "siglent power backend uses vxi11 module using deprecated xdrlib module, see https://github.com/labgrid-project/labgrid/issues/1507",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+    )
+
     assert port is None
     index = int(index)
     assert 1 <= index <= 2
@@ -13,6 +20,11 @@ def power_set(host, port, index, value):
 
 
 def power_get(host, port, index):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "siglent power backend uses vxi11 module using deprecated xdrlib module, see https://github.com/labgrid-project/labgrid/issues/1507",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+    )
+
     assert port is None
     index = int(index)
     assert 1 <= index <= 2