update version-check message in setup.py and IPython.__init__

clearer message that IPython no longer supports 2.6.

IPython/__init__.py

@@ -1,145 +1,145 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 IPython: tools for interactive and parallel computing in Python.
 
 http://ipython.org
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2008-2011, IPython Development Team.
 #  Copyright (c) 2001-2007, Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Nathaniel Gray <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 import sys
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup everything
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Don't forget to also update setup.py when this changes!
-if sys.version[0:3] < '2.6':
-    raise ImportError('Python Version 2.6 or above is required for IPython.')
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2,7):
+    raise ImportError('IPython requires Python Version 2.7 or above.')
 
 # Make it easy to import extensions - they are always directly on pythonpath.
 # Therefore, non-IPython modules can be added to extensions directory.
 # This should probably be in ipapp.py.
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions"))
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup the top level names
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from .config.loader import Config
 from .core.getipython import get_ipython
 from .core import release
 from .core.application import Application
 from .terminal.embed import embed
 
 from .core.error import TryNext
 from .core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 from .testing import test
 from .utils.sysinfo import sys_info
 from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 
 # Release data
 __author__ = '%s <%s>' % (release.author, release.author_email)
 __license__  = release.license
 __version__  = release.version
 version_info = release.version_info
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
     """Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
     
     If you don't want the kernel to initialize the namespace
     from the scope of the surrounding function,
     and/or you want to load full IPython configuration,
     you probably want `IPython.start_kernel()` instead.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     module : ModuleType, optional
         The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller)
     local_ns : dict, optional
         The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller)
     
     kwargs : various, optional
         Further keyword args are relayed to the IPKernelApp constructor,
         allowing configuration of the Kernel.  Will only have an effect
         on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.
     """
     
     (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:
         local_ns = caller_locals
     
     # Only import .zmq when we really need it
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.embed import embed_kernel as real_embed_kernel
     real_embed_kernel(module=module, local_ns=local_ns, **kwargs)
 
 def start_ipython(argv=None, **kwargs):
     """Launch a normal IPython instance (as opposed to embedded)
     
     `IPython.embed()` puts a shell in a particular calling scope,
     such as a function or method for debugging purposes,
     which is often not desirable.
     
     `start_ipython()` does full, regular IPython initialization,
     including loading startup files, configuration, etc.
     much of which is skipped by `embed()`.
     
     This is a public API method, and will survive implementation changes.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     
     argv : list or None, optional
         If unspecified or None, IPython will parse command-line options from sys.argv.
         To prevent any command-line parsing, pass an empty list: `argv=[]`.
     user_ns : dict, optional
         specify this dictionary to initialize the IPython user namespace with particular values.
     kwargs : various, optional
         Any other kwargs will be passed to the Application constructor,
         such as `config`.
     """
     from IPython.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance
     return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
 
 def start_kernel(argv=None, **kwargs):
     """Launch a normal IPython kernel instance (as opposed to embedded)
     
     `IPython.embed_kernel()` puts a shell in a particular calling scope,
     such as a function or method for debugging purposes,
     which is often not desirable.
     
     `start_kernel()` does full, regular IPython initialization,
     including loading startup files, configuration, etc.
     much of which is skipped by `embed()`.
     
     Parameters
     ----------
     
     argv : list or None, optional
         If unspecified or None, IPython will parse command-line options from sys.argv.
         To prevent any command-line parsing, pass an empty list: `argv=[]`.
     user_ns : dict, optional
         specify this dictionary to initialize the IPython user namespace with particular values.
     kwargs : various, optional
         Any other kwargs will be passed to the Application constructor,
         such as `config`.
     """
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import launch_new_instance
     return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
     
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setup.py

@@ -1,356 +1,354 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Setup script for IPython.
 
 Under Posix environments it works like a typical setup.py script.
 Under Windows, the command sdist is not supported, since IPython
 requires utilities which are not available under Windows."""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2008-2011, IPython Development Team.
 #  Copyright (c) 2001-2007, Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Nathaniel Gray <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Minimal Python version sanity check
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import sys
 
 # This check is also made in IPython/__init__, don't forget to update both when
 # changing Python version requirements.
-#~ if sys.version[0:3] < '2.6':
-    #~ error = """\
-#~ ERROR: 'IPython requires Python Version 2.6 or above.'
-#~ Exiting."""
-    #~ print >> sys.stderr, error
-    #~ sys.exit(1)
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2,7):
+    error = "ERROR: IPython requires Python Version 2.7 or above."
+    print(error, file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 PY3 = (sys.version_info[0] >= 3)
 
 # At least we're on the python version we need, move on.
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Stdlib imports
 import os
 import shutil
 
 from glob import glob
 
 # BEFORE importing distutils, remove MANIFEST. distutils doesn't properly
 # update it when the contents of directories change.
 if os.path.exists('MANIFEST'): os.remove('MANIFEST')
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 # On Python 3, we need distribute (new setuptools) to do the 2to3 conversion
 if PY3:
     import setuptools
 
 # Our own imports
 from setupbase import target_update
 
 from setupbase import (
     setup_args,
     find_packages,
     find_package_data,
     find_scripts,
     find_data_files,
     check_for_dependencies,
     git_prebuild,
     check_submodule_status,
     update_submodules,
     require_submodules,
     UpdateSubmodules,
 )
 from setupext import setupext
 
 isfile = os.path.isfile
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Function definitions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def cleanup():
     """Clean up the junk left around by the build process"""
     if "develop" not in sys.argv and "egg_info" not in sys.argv:
         try:
             shutil.rmtree('ipython.egg-info')
         except:
             try:
                 os.unlink('ipython.egg-info')
             except:
                 pass
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handle OS specific things
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if os.name in ('nt','dos'):
     os_name = 'windows'
 else:
     os_name = os.name
 
 # Under Windows, 'sdist' has not been supported.  Now that the docs build with
 # Sphinx it might work, but let's not turn it on until someone confirms that it
 # actually works.
 if os_name == 'windows' and 'sdist' in sys.argv:
     print('The sdist command is not available under Windows.  Exiting.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Make sure we aren't trying to run without submodules
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 def require_clean_submodules():
     """Check on git submodules before distutils can do anything
 
     Since distutils cannot be trusted to update the tree
     after everything has been set in motion,
     this is not a distutils command.
     """
     # PACKAGERS: Add a return here to skip checks for git submodules
     
     # don't do anything if nothing is actually supposed to happen
     for do_nothing in ('-h', '--help', '--help-commands', 'clean', 'submodule'):
         if do_nothing in sys.argv:
             return
 
     status = check_submodule_status(here)
 
     if status == "missing":
         print("checking out submodules for the first time")
         update_submodules(here)
     elif status == "unclean":
         print('\n'.join([
             "Cannot build / install IPython with unclean submodules",
             "Please update submodules with",
             "    python setup.py submodule",
             "or",
             "    git submodule update",
             "or commit any submodule changes you have made."
         ]))
         sys.exit(1)
 
 require_clean_submodules()
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Things related to the IPython documentation
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # update the manuals when building a source dist
 if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] in ('sdist','bdist_rpm'):
     import textwrap
 
     # List of things to be updated. Each entry is a triplet of args for
     # target_update()
     to_update = [
                   # FIXME - Disabled for now: we need to redo an automatic way
                   # of generating the magic info inside the rst.
                   #('docs/magic.tex',
                   #['IPython/Magic.py'],
                   #"cd doc && ./update_magic.sh" ),
 
                  ('docs/man/ipcluster.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/ipcluster.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipcluster.1 > ipcluster.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/ipcontroller.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/ipcontroller.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipcontroller.1 > ipcontroller.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/ipengine.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/ipengine.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipengine.1 > ipengine.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/iplogger.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/iplogger.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c iplogger.1 > iplogger.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/ipython.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/ipython.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipython.1 > ipython.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/irunner.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/irunner.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c irunner.1 > irunner.1.gz'),
 
                  ('docs/man/pycolor.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/pycolor.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c pycolor.1 > pycolor.1.gz'),
                  ]
 
 
     [ target_update(*t) for t in to_update ]
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find all the packages, package data, and data_files
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 packages = find_packages()
 package_data = find_package_data()
 data_files = find_data_files()
 
 setup_args['packages'] = packages
 setup_args['package_data'] = package_data
 setup_args['data_files'] = data_files
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # custom distutils commands
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # imports here, so they are after setuptools import if there was one
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 from distutils.command.upload import upload
 
 class UploadWindowsInstallers(upload):
 
     description = "Upload Windows installers to PyPI (only used from tools/release_windows.py)"
     user_options = upload.user_options + [
         ('files=', 'f', 'exe file (or glob) to upload')
     ]
     def initialize_options(self):
         upload.initialize_options(self)
         meta = self.distribution.metadata
         base = '{name}-{version}'.format(
             name=meta.get_name(),
             version=meta.get_version()
         )
         self.files = os.path.join('dist', '%s.*.exe' % base)
 
     def run(self):
         for dist_file in glob(self.files):
             self.upload_file('bdist_wininst', 'any', dist_file)
 
 setup_args['cmdclass'] = {
     'build_py': git_prebuild('IPython'),
     'sdist' : git_prebuild('IPython', sdist),
     'upload_wininst' : UploadWindowsInstallers,
     'submodule' : UpdateSubmodules,
 }
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handle scripts, dependencies, and setuptools specific things
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # For some commands, use setuptools.  Note that we do NOT list install here!
 # If you want a setuptools-enhanced install, just run 'setupegg.py install'
 needs_setuptools = set(('develop', 'release', 'bdist_egg', 'bdist_rpm',
            'bdist', 'bdist_dumb', 'bdist_wininst', 'install_egg_info',
            'egg_info', 'easy_install', 'upload',
             ))
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     # Depend on setuptools for install on *Windows only*
     # If we get script-installation working without setuptools,
     # then we can back off, but until then use it.
     # See Issue #369 on GitHub for more
     needs_setuptools.add('install')
 
 if len(needs_setuptools.intersection(sys.argv)) > 0:
     import setuptools
 
 # This dict is used for passing extra arguments that are setuptools
 # specific to setup
 setuptools_extra_args = {}
 
 if 'setuptools' in sys.modules:
     # setup.py develop should check for submodules
     from setuptools.command.develop import develop
     setup_args['cmdclass']['develop'] = require_submodules(develop)
     
     setuptools_extra_args['zip_safe'] = False
     setuptools_extra_args['entry_points'] = find_scripts(True)
     setup_args['extras_require'] = dict(
         parallel = 'pyzmq>=2.1.11',
         qtconsole = ['pyzmq>=2.1.11', 'pygments'],
         zmq = 'pyzmq>=2.1.11',
         doc = 'Sphinx>=0.3',
         test = 'nose>=0.10.1',
         notebook = ['tornado>=2.0', 'pyzmq>=2.1.11', 'jinja2'],
         nbconvert = ['pygments', 'jinja2', 'Sphinx>=0.3']
     )
     everything = set()
     for deps in setup_args['extras_require'].values():
         if not isinstance(deps, list):
             deps = [deps]
         for dep in deps:
             everything.add(dep)
     setup_args['extras_require']['all'] = everything
     
     requires = setup_args.setdefault('install_requires', [])
     setupext.display_status = False
     if not setupext.check_for_readline():
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
             requires.append('readline')
         elif sys.platform.startswith('win'):
             # Pyreadline 64 bit windows issue solved in versions >=1.7.1
             # Also solves issues with some older versions of pyreadline that
             # satisfy the unconstrained depdendency.
             requires.append('pyreadline>=1.7.1')
         else:
             pass
             # do we want to install readline here?
 
     # Script to be run by the windows binary installer after the default setup
     # routine, to add shortcuts and similar windows-only things.  Windows
     # post-install scripts MUST reside in the scripts/ dir, otherwise distutils
     # doesn't find them.
     if 'bdist_wininst' in sys.argv:
         if len(sys.argv) > 2 and \
                ('sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_rpm' in sys.argv):
             print >> sys.stderr, "ERROR: bdist_wininst must be run alone. Exiting."
             sys.exit(1)
         setup_args['data_files'].append(
             ['Scripts', ('scripts/ipython.ico', 'scripts/ipython_nb.ico')])
         setup_args['scripts'] = [pjoin('scripts','ipython_win_post_install.py')]
         setup_args['options'] = {"bdist_wininst":
                                  {"install_script":
                                   "ipython_win_post_install.py"}}
 
     if PY3:
         setuptools_extra_args['use_2to3'] = True
         # we try to make a 2.6, 2.7, and 3.1 to 3.3 python compatible code
         # so we explicitly disable some 2to3 fixes to be sure we aren't forgetting
         # anything.
         setuptools_extra_args['use_2to3_exclude_fixers'] = [
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_apply',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_except',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_has_key',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_next',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_repr',
                 'lib2to3.fixes.fix_tuple_params',
                 ]
         from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
         setup_args['cmdclass'] = {'build_py': git_prebuild('IPython', build_cmd=build_py)}
         setuptools_extra_args['entry_points'] = find_scripts(True, suffix='3')
         setuptools._dont_write_bytecode = True
 else:
     # If we are running without setuptools, call this function which will
     # check for dependencies an inform the user what is needed.  This is
     # just to make life easy for users.
     check_for_dependencies()
     setup_args['scripts'] = find_scripts(False)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Do the actual setup now
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 setup_args.update(setuptools_extra_args)
 
 def main():
     setup(**setup_args)
     cleanup()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()