From 8306f059f459dc19ca3ba695e246637f9148720c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Pritchard <21726929@student.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:12:02 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adds test skip for python < 3.8

---
 daliuge-engine/test/test_drop.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/daliuge-engine/test/test_drop.py b/daliuge-engine/test/test_drop.py
index fc9f7f4c5..6ee3780da 100644
--- a/daliuge-engine/test/test_drop.py
+++ b/daliuge-engine/test/test_drop.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import shutil
 import sqlite3
 import string
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
 
@@ -132,12 +133,14 @@ def test_dynamic_write_InMemoryDROP(self):
         """
         self._test_dynamic_write_withDropType(InMemoryDROP)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info < (3, 8), "Shared memory does nt work < python 3.8")
     def test_write_SharedMemoryDROP(self):
         """
         Test a SharedMemoryDROP with simple AppDROP (for checksum calculation)
         """
         self._test_write_withDropType(SharedMemoryDROP)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info < (3, 8), "Shared memory does nt work < python 3.8")
     def test_dynamic_write_SharedMemoryDROP(self):
         """
         Test a SharedMemoryDROP with simple AppDROP (for checksum calculation)