Drop official support for Python 2.6

close #1274
marshmallow-code · Jul 2, 2019 · 66432ca · 66432ca
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+2.20.0 (unreleased)
+*******************
+
+Deprecation/Removal:
+
+- Python 2.6 is no longer officially supported (:issue:`1274`).
+  NOTE: Dropping "official support" in this case means we will not test
+  against Python 2.6 in CI, but the code is still expected to work with Python 2.6.
+
 2.19.5 (2019-06-18)
 +++++++++++++++++++
 

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ To run syntax checks: ::
 
     $ tox -e lint
 
-(Optional) To run tests on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 virtual environments (must have each interpreter installed): ::
+(Optional) To run tests on Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 virtual environments (must have each interpreter installed): ::
 
     $ tox
 

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Full documentation is available at http://marshmallow.readthedocs.io/ .
 Requirements
 ============
 
-- Python >= 2.6 or >= 3.4
+- Python >= 2.7 or >= 3.4
 
 marshmallow has no external dependencies outside of the Python standard library, although `python-dateutil <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-dateutil>`_ is recommended for robust datetime deserialization.
 

diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ resources:
 jobs:
 - template: job--python-tox.yml@sloria
   parameters:
-    toxenvs: [lint, py26, py27, py34, py35, py36, py37, docs]
+    toxenvs: [lint, py27, py34, py35, py36, py37, docs]
     os: linux
 - template: job--pypi-release.yml@sloria
   parameters:

diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
-**marshmallow** requires Python >= 2.6 or >= 3.4. It has no external dependencies other than the Python standard library.
+**marshmallow** requires Python >= 2.7 or >= 3.4. It has no external dependencies other than the Python standard library.
 
 .. note::
 

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ def read(fname):
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',

diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = lint,py26,py27,py34,py35,docs
+envlist = lint,py27,py34,py35,docs
 
 [testenv]
 extras = tests,reco