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Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] Twisted 15.4 was the last release to support Python 2.6; or: a HawkOwl Can't Words Situation
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Is it possible to fix the documentation?
https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/tags/releases/twisted-15.5.0/NEWS?fo=
rmat=3Draw

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Amber "Hawkie" Brown
<hawkowl@atleastfornow.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> It's been brought to my attention that I misworded something in the relea=
se notes and it slipped through the cracks. In the NEWS I said:
>
>> This is the last Twisted release where Python 2.6 is supported, on any p=
latform.
>
> However, I meant that this is the first Twisted release to drop 2.6 suppo=
rt wholesale, preventing import on this platform. Twisted 15.4 will still o=
perate, so if you have Python 2.6 deployment requirements, bracket the maxi=
mum to 15.4 on that platform by using an if statement in your setup.py, and=
 `Twisted >=3D*minreq*,<=3D15.4; python_version < '2.7'` under requires_dis=
t in your setup.cfg, where minreq is the minimum required Twisted.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience!
>
> - Amber "HawkOwl" Brown
> Twisted Release Manager
>
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