[Avocado-devel] Heads-up: dropping Python 2.6 support

[Cleber Rosa]

On 02/06/2017 08:34 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> Hello to all Avocado users and developers,
> 
> This is a heads-up about an important change that is coming to Avocado:
> we're dropping Python 2.6 support.
> 
> Why?
> ====
> 
> Initially, we planned Avocado to be supported on Python 2.7 and Python
> 3.x.  Then we realized that a lot of our users still depended on Python
> 2.6 because of platforms such as EL6.
> 
> Python 2.6 support came, and after a while our first LTS (36.0) version
> was released.  This gives EL6 users a stable version they can rely on.
> 
> Now it's time to look forward.  By dropping official support for Python
> 2.6, we can focus our energy on other goals.  Since we're talking Python
> versions, one of those if to support Python 3.x in the same code base.
> 
> When?
> =====
> 
> Pretty soon, that is, as early as the published PR is accepted:
> 
> https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/pull/1748
> 
> Users on EL6:
> =============
> 
> We recommend our users running Avocado on EL6 to stick to the LTS
> releases (currently version 36.3).  This will ensure that bugfixes will
> be delivered to you.  For more information on how to use the LTS
> versions please check the following link:
> 
> http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux
> 
> For more information of LTS releases, check the following link:
>

The proper link with info on LTS releases is:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html

Regards,
- Cleber.

> http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux
> 
> Alternatively, if you need features not present in the 36.0 series, you
> may still use a version as recent as 45.0, but *without* the level of
> support that LTS releases have.
> 
> Please let us know if you have any issues or questions.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

-- 
Cleber Rosa
[ Sr Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - Red Hat ]
[ Avocado Test Framework - avocado-framework.github.io ]

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