def downgrades(src):
    """Decorator for marking that a method is a downgrade to a version to the
    previous version.

    Parameters
    ----------
    src : int
        The version this downgrades from.

    Returns
    -------
    decorator : callable[(callable) -> callable]
        The decorator to apply.
    """
    def _(f):
        destination = src - 1

        @do(operator.setitem(_downgrade_methods, destination))
        @wraps(f)
        def wrapper(op, conn, version_info_table):
            conn.execute(version_info_table.delete())  # clear the version
            f(op)
            write_version_info(conn, version_info_table, destination)

        return wrapper
    return _