Update Install instructions for 2.6 users
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hskarlupka commented
Setuptools stopped supporting python 2.6 in v37. Update install docs with a CentOS 6 section to tell people to:
pip install setuptools==36.8.0
before installing pyglidein.
hugovk commented
Do you still need to support Python 2.6? It's EOL, hasn't received security updates in 4 years and generally has low use.
Here's monthly pip installs from PyPI (via pypinfo --percent --pip --markdown "" pyversion
)
python_version | percent | download_count |
---|---|---|
2.7 | 77.7% | 435,636,261 |
3.6 | 8.8% | 49,199,570 |
3.5 | 8.4% | 46,927,461 |
3.4 | 3.9% | 21,843,444 |
2.6 | 1.1% | 6,194,026 |
3.3 | 0.1% | 554,661 |
3.7 | 0.1% | 428,159 |
3.2 | 0.0% | 38,570 |
None | 0.0% | 21,921 |
2.8 | 0.0% | 35 |
3.1 | 0.0% | 26 |
dsschult commented
Yes, because RHEL6 runs python 2.6. Unfortunately, it still is the most popular OS on clusters.
hskarlupka commented
Updated Install Readme.