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

[Andrei Stepanov]

Hi,

How do you see an idea to create a file in
https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado with information from
https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html  ?

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Cleber Rosa <crosa at redhat.com> wrote:

>
> 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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