[Scons-dev] Argumentation for Python 2.6 support removal

[Russel Winder]

Because Python 2.,6 is dead and long buried?

On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 11:47 +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Do we have any list specific incompatibilities with Python 2.6? What
> was
> the main reason for that sign. I am asking because it seems to me
> that
> consensus is being reached based on feelings instead of data, and
> that looks like a death spiral to me.
> 
>     -- SUPPORT FOR PYTHON VERSIONS BEFORE 2.7 IS NOW DEPRECATED
> 
>        ***IMPORTANT***: This release is the last version of SCons to
> support
>        Python versions older than 2.7.  This release will warn if you
> are
>        running on Python 2.6 or older; future releases will probably
> not
>        work at all, as we are moving toward supporting Python 3.
>        Use --warn=no-python-version to suppress the warning if
> needed.
> 
-- 
Russel.
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