Remove spree alerts feature that would check spree website for security alerts

This is not something we need running such an old version of spree

.rubocop_manual_todo.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Metrics/LineLength:
   - app/controllers/application_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/checkout_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/admin/adjustments_controller_decorator.rb
-  - app/controllers/spree/admin/base_controller_decorator.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/admin/orders_controller_decorator.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/admin/payments_controller_decorator.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/credit_cards_controller.rb
@@ -644,6 +643,7 @@ Metrics/ClassLength:
   - app/controllers/admin/subscriptions_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/api/products_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/checkout_controller.rb
+  - app/controllers/spree/admin/base_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/admin/payment_methods_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/admin/users_controller.rb
   - app/controllers/spree/orders_controller.rb

app/controllers/spree/admin/base_controller.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module Spree
 
       include I18nHelper
 
-      before_filter :check_alerts
       before_filter :authorize_admin
       before_filter :set_locale
       before_filter :warn_invalid_order_cycles, if: :html_request?
@@ -77,29 +76,6 @@ module Spree
         user.generate_spree_api_key!
       end
 
-      def check_alerts
-        return unless should_check_alerts?
-
-        return if session.key? :alerts
-
-        begin
-          session[:alerts] = Spree::Alert.current(request.host)
-          filter_dismissed_alerts
-          Spree::Config.set last_check_for_spree_alerts: DateTime.now.in_time_zone.to_s
-        rescue
-          session[:alerts] = nil
-        end
-      end
-
-      def should_check_alerts?
-        return false if !Rails.env.production? || !Spree::Config[:check_for_spree_alerts]
-
-        last_check = Spree::Config[:last_check_for_spree_alerts]
-        return true if last_check.blank?
-
-        DateTime.parse(last_check).in_time_zone < 12.hours.ago
-      end
-
       def flash_message_for(object, event_sym)
         resource_desc  = object.class.model_name.human
         resource_desc += " \"#{object.name}\"" if object.respond_to?(:name) && object.name.present?
@@ -122,13 +98,6 @@ module Spree
         raise(ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken)
       end
 
-      def filter_dismissed_alerts
-        return unless session[:alerts]
-
-        dismissed = (Spree::Config[:dismissed_spree_alerts] || '').split(',')
-        session[:alerts].reject! { |a| dismissed.include? a["id"].to_s }
-      end
-
       def config_locale
         Spree::Backend::Config[:locale]
       end

app/controllers/spree/admin/general_settings_controller.rb

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ module Spree
         @preferences_general = [:site_name, :default_seo_title, :default_meta_keywords,
                                 :default_meta_description, :site_url, :bugherd_api_key]
         @preferences_security = [:allow_ssl_in_production,
-                                 :allow_ssl_in_staging, :allow_ssl_in_development_and_test,
-                                 :check_for_spree_alerts]
+                                 :allow_ssl_in_staging, :allow_ssl_in_development_and_test]
         @preferences_currency = [:display_currency, :hide_cents]
       end
 
@@ -20,18 +19,6 @@ module Spree
 
         redirect_to edit_admin_general_settings_path
       end
-
-      def dismiss_alert
-        return unless request.xhr? && params[:alert_id]
-
-        dismissed = Spree::Config[:dismissed_spree_alerts] || ''
-        Spree::Config.set(dismissed_spree_alerts: dismissed.
-                                                    split(',').
-                                                    push(params[:alert_id]).
-                                                    join(','))
-        filter_dismissed_alerts
-        render nothing: true
-      end
     end
   end
 end

app/views/spree/layouts/_admin_body.html.haml

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
         = Spree.t(:loading)
         \...
 
-  = render :partial => 'spree/admin/shared/alert', :collection => session[:alerts]
-
   %header#header{"data-hook" => ""}
     .container
       %figure.columns.five{"data-hook" => "logo-wrapper"}

app/views/spree/layouts/bare_admin.html.haml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
           .progress-message
             = t(:loading)
             \...
-      = render :partial => 'spree/admin/shared/alert', :collection => session[:alerts]
 
       %header#header{"data-hook" => ""}
         .container

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -2851,7 +2851,6 @@ See the %{link} to find out more about %{sitename}'s features and to start using
     allow_ssl_in_development_and_test: "Allow SSL to be used when in development and test modes"
     allow_ssl_in_production: "Allow SSL to be used in production mode"
     allow_ssl_in_staging: "Allow SSL to be used in staging mode"
-    check_for_spree_alerts: "Check for Spree alerts"
     currency_decimal_mark: "Currency decimal mark"
     currency_settings: "Currency Settings"
     currency_symbol_position: Put "currency symbol before or after dollar amount?"

config/routes/spree.rb

@@ -84,11 +84,7 @@ Spree::Core::Engine.routes.prepend do
     end
 
     # Configuration section
-    resource :general_settings do
-      collection do
-        post :dismiss_alert
-      end
-    end
+    resource :general_settings
     resource :mail_method, :only => [:edit, :update] do
       post :testmail, :on => :collection
     end