terraform 0.12 not supported with release 2.4.0

[dschunack]

Terraform Version, Provider Version and Kubernetes Version

Terraform version: Terraform v0.12.31
+ provider.aws v3.52.0
+ provider.external v2.1.0
+ provider.helm v2.2.0
+ provider.kubernetes v2.4.0
+ provider.local v2.1.0
+ provider.null v3.1.0
+ provider.random v2.2.1
+ provider.template v2.2.0

Kubernetes provider version: 2.4.0
Kubernetes version: 1.20

Affected Resource(s)

All kubernetes resources that use the kubernetes provider.

Steps to Reproduce

Use terraform 0.12.31

1. terraform init
2. terraform apply

3: Output
Error: Incompatible terraform version

on .terraform/modules/ebs-csi-driver/kubernetes.tf line 1, in provider "kubernetes":
1: provider "kubernetes" {

This provider requires Terraform v0.14.8 or above

Expected Behavior

Kubernetes provider 2.3.2 runs without problems.

Actual Behavior

Error: Incompatible terraform version

on .terraform/modules/ebs-csi-driver/kubernetes.tf line 1, in provider "kubernetes":
1: provider "kubernetes" {

This provider requires Terraform v0.14.8 or above

[ifs-anthonylecarrer]

neither 0.12.x nor 0.13.x without any communication ......

[simonvanderveldt]

We're using

  required_providers {
    kubernetes = {
      version = ">= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0"
    }
  }

to make sure that allout breakage doesn't happen, but that assumes proper use of versions/tags by the provider (i.e. a bump of the major version in case of backwards incompatible changes).
Can this be fixed?

P.S. 2.4.0 also doesn't have a proper release here in the repo, only a tag

[jrhouston]

Sorry for the disruption folks. This version constraint was not intentional and was carried over when we merged the kubernetes-alpha code into this repository.

We have a hotfix incoming.

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