refactor(config): remove RBLNConfig.load() past its 0.11.0 removal deadline

src/optimum/rbln/configuration_utils.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from packaging.version import Version
 
 from .__version__ import __version__
-from .utils.deprecation import deprecate_kwarg, deprecate_method, warn_deprecated_npu
+from .utils.deprecation import deprecate_kwarg, warn_deprecated_npu
 from .utils.logging import get_logger
 from .utils.runtime_utils import ContextRblnConfig
 
@@ -310,42 +310,6 @@ def from_pretrained(
             path, rbln_config=rbln_config, return_unused_kwargs=return_unused_kwargs, **kwargs
         )
 
-    @classmethod
-    @deprecate_method(version="0.11.0", new_method="from_pretrained")
-    def load(
-        cls,
-        path: str,
-        rbln_config: Union[dict[str, Any], "RBLNModelConfig"] | None = None,
-        return_unused_kwargs: bool = False,
-        **kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None,
-    ) -> Union["RBLNModelConfig", tuple["RBLNModelConfig", dict[str, Any]]]:
-        """
-        Load RBLNModelConfig from a path.
-        Class name is automatically inferred from the `rbln_config.json` file.
-
-        Deprecated:
-            This method is deprecated and will be removed in version 0.11.0.
-            Use `from_pretrained` instead.
-
-        Args:
-            path (str): Path to the RBLNModelConfig file or directory.
-            rbln_config (dict[str, Any] | None): Additional configuration to override.
-            return_unused_kwargs (bool): Whether to return unused kwargs.
-            kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to override configuration values.
-
-        Returns:
-            RBLNModelConfig: The loaded RBLNModelConfig.
-
-        Examples:
-            ```python
-            # Deprecated usage:
-            config = RBLNAutoConfig.load("/path/to/model")
-            # Recommended usage:
-            config = RBLNAutoConfig.from_pretrained("/path/to/model")
-            ```
-        """
-        return cls.from_pretrained(path, rbln_config=rbln_config, return_unused_kwargs=return_unused_kwargs, **kwargs)
-
 
 class RBLNModelConfig(RBLNSerializableConfigProtocol):
     """Base configuration class for RBLN models that handles compilation settings, runtime options, and submodules.
@@ -1003,48 +967,6 @@ def from_pretrained(
         else:
             return rbln_config
 
-    @classmethod
-    @deprecate_method(version="0.11.0", new_method="from_pretrained")
-    def load(
-        cls,
-        path: str,
-        rbln_config: Union[dict[str, Any], "RBLNModelConfig"] | None = None,
-        return_unused_kwargs: bool = False,
-        **kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None,
-    ) -> Union["RBLNModelConfig", tuple["RBLNModelConfig", dict[str, Any]]]:
-        """
-        Load a RBLNModelConfig from a path.
-
-        Deprecated:
-            This method is deprecated and will be removed in version 0.11.0.
-            Use `from_pretrained` instead.
-
-        Args:
-            path (str): Path to the RBLNModelConfig file or directory containing the config file.
-            rbln_config (dict[str, Any] | None): Additional configuration to override.
-            return_unused_kwargs (bool): Whether to return unused kwargs.
-            kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to override configuration values.
-                    Keys starting with 'rbln_' will have the prefix removed and be used
-                    to update the configuration.
-
-        Returns:
-            RBLNModelConfig: The loaded configuration instance.
-
-        Note:
-            This method loads the configuration from the specified path and applies any
-            provided overrides. If the loaded configuration class doesn't match the expected
-            class, a warning will be logged.
-
-        Examples:
-            ```python
-            # Deprecated usage:
-            config = RBLNResNetForImageClassificationConfig.load("/path/to/model")
-            # Recommended usage:
-            config = RBLNResNetForImageClassificationConfig.from_pretrained("/path/to/model")
-            ```
-        """
-        return cls.from_pretrained(path, rbln_config=rbln_config, return_unused_kwargs=return_unused_kwargs, **kwargs)
-
     @classmethod
     def initialize_from_kwargs(
         cls: type["RBLNModelConfig"],