Require Python 2.7.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 98db7e8daac014ccb4cb4e2564f4944d59f20114..adf75b65eda6c833d28eae8eda89fcd37915fc4d 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 - rawdog 2.23
 
+rawdog now requires Python 2.7. Python 2.6 doesn't build with current
+toolchains, and hasn't been included in Debian for several releases, so
+I can't test against it any more.
+
 When automatically updating the config file in response to an HTTP
 redirect fails, produce a more sensible error message (including the URL
 of the feed in question).

diff --git a/README b/README
index a4228f330277d8b124f1d4d9942cf3e080fa8a49..8153636a87898e3e3d858832e1a4399d56e4acf4 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ behaviour is highly customisable using plugins written in Python.
 
 rawdog has the following dependencies:
 
-- Python 2.6 or later (but not Python 3)
+- Python 2.7 or later (but not Python 3)
 - feedparser 5.1.2 or later
 - PyTidyLib 0.2.1 or later (optional but strongly recommended)
 

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5641a81a2aa95b43d172aa25973a8d7df7cb2a7d..c68673c469a086215e1be1fee9e68f8533272492 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info < (2, 6) or sys.version_info >= (3,):
-       print("rawdog requires Python 2.6 or later, and not Python 3.")
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7) or sys.version_info >= (3,):
+       print("rawdog requires Python 2.7 or later, and not Python 3.")
        sys.exit(1)
 
 setup(name="rawdog",