How can I make my brand new module dependent on a minimal version of Drupal 7 that's required for it to work OK? I am developing a brand new module (there isn't any site using it yet). It requires a specific Drupal version, as it uses the hook_taxonomy_term_view() hook that was introduced in Drupal core version 7.17.

I want to avoid my module being enabled on a site using, for example, Drupal 7.16 or any earlier versions of Drupal core. Higher versions of Drupal, above 7.17, should be fine.

My Question: How can I make my module dependent on that Drupal 7.17 version, which is a minimum for my module?

Note: I don't need (have to worry about) a solution for sites where the module is already installed. So there is no need for it to be disabled somehow in such pre-7.17 Drupal versions.
The trick, apparently, is to use the system module like:

dependencies[] = system (&gt;=7.17)