python-2.6 support

[jlaska]

Is there interest in extending fauxfactory to work with python-2.6?

The main blocker I'm aware of is the existing use of sys.version_info.major. On python-2.6, you'd need to use sys.version_info[0]. If there is interest, I can send over a pull request.

[omaciel]

No reason why we wouldn't support it specially if it comes with a PR :)

[jlaska]

While I'm at it, any objections to using pytest to run the existing unittests? The reason being that the unittest dependencies are not python-2.6 friendly. I'm finding it far simpler to just migrate tests over to pytest.

[Ichimonji10]

@jlaska unittest is part of the standard library in Python 2.6. How could its dependencies be unfriendly to Python 2.6? Can you enumerate what those problematic dependencies are?

[jlaska]

I believe discover is 2.7+.

Many new features were added to unittest in Python 2.7, including test
discovery. unittest2 allows you to use these features with earlier versions
of Python.

You'd need to migrate to unittest2. I started down that path, but just had better luck using pytest as the runner+collector.

[jlaska]

I've submitted #74 for review. We can close this card and track the PR if you prefer.

[hugovk]

#74 is merged, can this be closed?