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@strizhechenko strizhechenko released this 18 Dec 19:16
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Bad news

Python 2.6 is deprecated so hard, so it's probably impossible to use pytest to run tests in Travis-ci anymore. I tried to jump into details and problem is probably not in pytest or python, but in pip. pip 8.0.1 installed by yum in CentOS 6 installed the latest version of pytest without any problems while pip 9.0.1 refused. I don't know how to set version of pip for python 2.6 environment in Travis, so I just removed it from .travis.yml.
What does it mean? Higher probability of making bugs specific for python 2.6 - some modern syntax usage, etc. But is it a problem?

Main py2.6 users are CentOS 6 users. Where are python3.4 in EPEL in CentOS 6, so it's still possible to use.
Also, there are Carbon Reductor 7 users. Well, most of them have old versions installed already and everything works. In Carbon Reductor 8 I will move netutils-linux from py2.6 env to 3.4 in January when I'll upgrade to a new version (from... 2.0?).

We (Carbon Soft) also offer a help in migrating from Carbon Reductor 7 to Carbon Reductor 8. So probably no one will suffer from bugs (I hope), but feel free to create issues.

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