Closes #17143: Deprecate the use of dedicated nested API serializers

netbox/core/api/nested_serializers.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import warnings
+
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from core.choices import JobStatusChoices
@@ -12,6 +14,12 @@ __all__ = (
     'NestedJobSerializer',
 )
 
+# TODO: Remove in v4.2
+warnings.warn(
+    f"Dedicated nested serializers will be removed in NetBox v4.2. Use Serializer(nested=True) instead.",
+    DeprecationWarning
+)
+
 
 class NestedDataSourceSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
 

netbox/core/api/serializers.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 from .serializers_.change_logging import *
 from .serializers_.data import *
 from .serializers_.jobs import *
-from .nested_serializers import *