[TIP] Does anyone *need* mock update from cPython in Python 2.6?

[Ian Cordasco]

On Jul 8, 2015 7:18 PM, "Robert Collins" <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
>
> On 9 July 2015 at 06:29, Joseph Smith <yasumoto7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > dstufft: naive question- but would you upgrade the version of mock you
use?
> > (especially considering python2.6 is (supposedly?) EOL)
> >
> > FWIW getting these improvements into the standalone mock package would
be
> > awesome- thanks for picking it up Robert!
>
> NP :).
>
> Its at https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock btw - i've pushed up the
> 3.4 fix, next push will be all the backports, then doc fixes, then a
> release.
>
> @Donald, @Ian : the question isn't 'will there be a mock available for
> 2.6', its 'do you need a mock that *changes* for 2.6' ?
>
> E.g. you could just use markers to split out mock like so:
> mock<1.1 ; python_version=='2.6'
> mock ; python_version!='2.6'
>
> I think I'm going to go forward with raising the minimum *tested*
> version for 1.1 and above to 2.7: I won't deliberate break compat, but
> I'm going to not know if I break compat either. I will document
> clearly that this is the case.
>
> -Rob
>
> --
> Robert Collins <rbtcollins at hp.com>
> Distinguished Technologist
> HP Converged Cloud

That's how I read it at first but Donald confused me. I should be okay to
cap the version for 2.6.
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