get_mongodb_version tests helper + fix indexing tests in mongodb v2.4

tests/document/indexes.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from mongoengine import *
-from mongoengine.connection import get_db, get_connection
+from mongoengine.connection import get_db
+from tests.utils import get_mongodb_version
 
 __all__ = ("IndexesTest", )
 
@@ -494,8 +495,7 @@ class IndexesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         obj = Test(a=1)
         obj.save()
 
-        connection = get_connection()
-        IS_MONGODB_3 = connection.server_info()['versionArray'][0] >= 3
+        IS_MONGODB_3 = get_mongodb_version()[0] >= 3
 
         # Need to be explicit about covered indexes as mongoDB doesn't know if
         # the documents returned might have more keys in that here.
@@ -736,8 +736,7 @@ class IndexesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if pymongo.version_tuple[0] < 2 and pymongo.version_tuple[1] < 3:
             raise SkipTest('pymongo needs to be 2.3 or higher for this test')
 
-        connection = get_connection()
-        version_array = connection.server_info()['versionArray']
+        version_array = get_mongodb_version()
         if version_array[0] < 2 and version_array[1] < 2:
             raise SkipTest('MongoDB needs to be 2.2 or higher for this test')
 
@@ -875,6 +874,9 @@ class IndexesTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(info['provider_ids.foo_1_provider_ids.bar_1']['sparse'])
 
     def test_text_indexes(self):
+        mongodb_ver = get_mongodb_version()
+        if mongodb_ver[0] == 2 and mongodb_ver[1] < 6:
+            raise SkipTest('Text search is disabled by default in MongoDB < v2.6')
 
         class Book(Document):
             title = DictField()