Replace deprecation warning and explicitly require newer ovos-utils so patching of old installations isn't broken

Author: NeonDaniel

neon_utils/signal_utils.py

@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ def init_signal_handlers():
             import os
             import tempfile
             from ovos_utils.file_utils import ensure_directory_exists
+            log_deprecation("Import patching will be deprecated. Disable in "
+                "configuration by setting `signal`.`patch_imports` "
+                "to `False`", "2.0.0")
 
             def get_ipc_directory(domain=None, config=None):
                 """Get the directory used for Inter Process Communication

requirements/requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ timezonefinder~=5.2
 nltk~=3.5
 pyyaml>=5.4,<7.0
 ovos-lingua-franca~=0.4
-ovos-utils~=0.0,>=0.0.35
+ovos-utils~=0.8,>=0.8.5
 geopy~=2.1
 ovos-config~=0.1
 ovos-workshop~=0.0,>=0.0.15