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Remove support for Python 2.6 #469

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kevinadi opened this issue Dec 12, 2016 · 1 comment
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Remove support for Python 2.6 #469

kevinadi opened this issue Dec 12, 2016 · 1 comment
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Python 2.6.0 was released in 2008, with the final binary release (2.6.6) in Oct 2013. Currently it is retired and thus unsupported.

New tests for mlaunch are written for Python 2.7, and builds are currently failing due to travis-ci testing for 2.6 and 2.7 (PR #468). Note that the tests are passing in 2.7.

I propose removing support for Python 2.6, which is way outdated anyway.
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It's getting harder to set up a test environment for Python 2.6, but RHEL6 seems to be the main motivation: #477.

There have been alternatives available for a few years (http://www.curiousefficiency.org/posts/2015/04/stop-supporting-python26.html) and pip 9 deprecates support for 2.6.

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Remove support for Python 2.6 per rueckstiess#469
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Remove support for Python 2.6 per #469 (#495)
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Remove 2.6 from the README per rueckstiess#469
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Remove support for Python 2.6 #469
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Remove support for Python 2.6 per rueckstiess#469
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Remove 2.6 from the README per rueckstiess#469
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