serpent 1.27 now required

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Change Log
 
 **Pyro 4.74**
 
+- serpent 1.27 required
 - fixed marshal serializer dumpsCall to be able to use the
   class_to_dict conversion for unmarshallable types (in simple situations, not recursively).
   This makes it possible again to use the marshal

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Obtaining and installing Pyro
 Third party libraries that Pyro4 uses
 -------------------------------------
 
-`serpent <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/serpent>`_ - required, 1.24 or newer
+`serpent <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/serpent>`_ - required, 1.27 or newer
     Should be installed automatically when you install Pyro4.
 
 `selectors34 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/selectors34>`_ - required on Python 3.3 or older

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-serpent>=1.24
+serpent>=1.27
 selectors34 ; python_version < "3.4"

setup.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         "packages": ['Pyro4', 'Pyro4.socketserver', 'Pyro4.test', 'Pyro4.utils'],
         "scripts": [],
         "platforms": "any",
-        "install_requires": ["serpent>=1.24"],
+        "install_requires": ["serpent>=1.27"],
         "extras_require": {
             ":python_version<'3.4'": ["selectors34"]
         },

src/Pyro4/util.py

@@ -813,8 +813,8 @@ def get_serializer_by_id(sid):
     else:
         ver = serpent.__version__
     ver = tuple(map(int, ver.split(".")))
-    if ver < (1, 24):  # serpent 1.24 required
-        raise RuntimeError("requires serpent 1.24 or better")
+    if ver < (1, 27):
+        raise RuntimeError("requires serpent 1.27 or better")
     _ser = SerpentSerializer()
     _serializers["serpent"] = _ser
     _serializers_by_id[_ser.serializer_id] = _ser