Drop support for Python 2.6 #4343
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This reverts commit 23b03de.
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| - env: TOXENV=pep8 | |||
| - env: TOXENV=py3pep8 | |||
| - env: TOXENV=packaging | |||
| - python: 2.6 # these are just to make travis's UI a bit prettier | |||
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might want to re-add the comment 😉
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The comment isn't true anymore either. Later versions of Python need it in order to download the Python version on demand.
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| from collections import OrderedDict | |||
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| from pip._vendor.ordereddict import OrderedDict | |||
| from ordereddict import OrderedDict | |||
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If _vendor.orderdict has also been removed, should this be only the from collections line now?
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Nah, this comes from html5lib and since we're no longer vendoring it then we leave the import alone.
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My 2 cents on downloads stats: Python 2.6 doesn't come with pip so folks will need pip. It'd be nice if |
I would humbly like to suggest dateutil drop support for Python 2.6. The last release of Python 2.6 was 2013-10-29, over 3 years ago. It is no longer receiving security fixes. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/ The pip project itself has recently dropped support for 2.6. Their numbers estimate that Python 2.6 accounts for ~2% of their downloads. pypa/pip#4343 For projects that still use Python 2.6, they can continue to pip install an older version. I've tried my best to remove as much 2.6 specific code as I can, including the 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6' trove classifier from setup.py. I've also removed Travis CI testing, which should result in faster testing and fewer wasted resources. Code changed: - Removed Python2.6 from testing configuration - setup.py cleanups due to fewer version complications - Removed unittest2 dependency and monkey patching - Use set literals - Use dict comprehension - Remove total_seconds workaround - Remove TarFile.open() context manager workaround Thanks for considering.
The following versions of Python are no longer supported by the core
developers of Python and pip:
- Python 2.6
- End of life on 2013-10-29 [1]
- Dropped from pip on 2017-03-18 [2]
- Python 3.3
- End of life on 2017-09-29 [3]
- Dropped from pip on 2017-03-22 [4]
Developers should migrate off of these versions ASAP, as they may be
missing critical security fixes.
[1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/#release-lifespan
[2] pypa/pip#4343
[3] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0398/#lifespan
[4] pypa/pip#4355
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Because I'm sure this PR is going to end up being used as justification for other projects to drop support for Python 2.6, here is the numbers currently.
Out of 703,045,938 total downloads in the past 30 days:
These numbers may seem a tad bit weird, because we're dropping support for 2.6 before 3.3 even though 3.3 has far less usage. That is largely because 3.3 is still supported by upstream until Sept 2017. For more information on 3.3 see #3796.