feat: check the runner version to be compatible (#888)

### Summary of Changes

- check the runner version to be compatible before starting the runner

Closes #880

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Co-authored-by: megalinter-bot <129584137+megalinter-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Safely develop Data Science programs with a statically checked domain specific l
 2. To _execute_ Safe-DS programs, the [Safe-DS Runner](https://github.com/Safe-DS/Runner) has to be installed and
    configured additionally:
     1. Install [Python](https://www.python.org/) (3.11 or 3.12).
-    2. Run `pip install safe-ds-runner` in a command line to download the latest Runner version
+    2. Run `pip install "safe-ds-runner>=0.6.0,<0.7.0"` in a command line to download the latest matching Runner version
        from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/safe-ds-runner/).
     3. If the Visual Studio Code extension cannot start the runner, adjust the setting `safe-ds.runner.command`.
        Enter the absolute path to the Runner executable, as seen in the image below.

packages/safe-ds-lang/package.json

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         "chevrotain": "^11.0.3",
         "glob": "^10.3.10",
         "langium": "^2.1.3",
+        "semver": "^7.6.0",
         "source-map": "^0.7.4",
         "tree-kill": "^1.2.2",
         "vscode-languageserver": "^9.0.1",

packages/safe-ds-lang/src/language/runner/safe-ds-runner.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ import { SafeDsAnnotations } from '../builtins/safe-ds-annotations.js';
 import { SafeDsPythonGenerator } from '../generation/safe-ds-python-generator.js';
 import { isSdsModule, isSdsPipeline } from '../generated/ast.js';
 import { getModuleMembers } from '../helpers/nodeProperties.js';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 // Most of the functionality cannot be tested automatically as a functioning runner setup would always be required
+
+const SUPPORTED_VERSION_RANGE = '>=0.6.0 <0.7.0';
+
 export class SafeDsRunner {
     private readonly annotations: SafeDsAnnotations;
     private readonly generator: SafeDsPythonGenerator;
@@ -85,7 +89,17 @@ export class SafeDsRunner {
         try {
             const pythonServerTest = child_process.spawn(runnerCommand, [...runnerCommandParts, '-V']);
             const versionString = await this.getPythonServerVersion(pythonServerTest);
-            this.logging.outputInfo(`Using safe-ds-runner version: ${versionString}`);
+            if (!semver.satisfies(versionString, SUPPORTED_VERSION_RANGE)) {
+                this.logging.outputError(
+                    `Installed runner version ${versionString} does not meet requirements: ${SUPPORTED_VERSION_RANGE}`,
+                );
+                this.logging.displayError(
+                    `The installed runner version ${versionString} is not compatible with this version of the extension. The installed version should match these requirements: ${SUPPORTED_VERSION_RANGE}. Please update to a matching version.`,
+                );
+                return;
+            } else {
+                this.logging.outputInfo(`Using safe-ds-runner version: ${versionString}`);
+            }
         } catch (error) {
             this.logging.outputError(`Could not start runner: ${error}`);
             this.logging.displayError('The runner process could not be started.');