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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Lange has proposed merging lp:~jml/testtools/update-readme-python-versions into lp:testtools.

Requested reviews:
  testtools committers (testtools-committers)
Related bugs:
  Bug #1050477 in testtools: "PyPI page for 0.9.16 still says it supports Python 2.4 and 2.5"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/testtools/+bug/1050477

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~jml/testtools/update-readme-python-versions/+merge/124657

Updates docs since we don't have support for Python 2.4 or 2.5 atm.

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=== modified file 'README'
--- README	2011-06-07 16:42:16 +0000
+++ README	2012-09-17 11:48:24 +0000
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
 Required Dependencies
 ---------------------
 
- * Python 2.4+ or 3.0+
+ * Python 2.6+ or 3.0+
+
+If you would like to use testtools for earlier Python's, please use testtools
+0.9.15.
 
 
 Optional Dependencies

=== modified file 'doc/hacking.rst'
--- doc/hacking.rst	2012-05-07 19:17:44 +0000
+++ doc/hacking.rst	2012-09-17 11:48:24 +0000
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 In general, follow `PEP 8`_ except where consistency with the standard
 library's unittest_ module would suggest otherwise.
 
-testtools currently supports Python 2.4 and later, including Python 3, so avoid
-any 2.5-only features like the ``with`` statement. The next release will change
-this policy to supporting on versions of Python which are maintained by the
-Python community (e.g. receive security updates).
+testtools currently supports Python 2.6 and later, including Python 3.
 
 Copyright assignment
 --------------------

=== modified file 'doc/overview.rst'
--- doc/overview.rst	2012-05-02 03:41:51 +0000
+++ doc/overview.rst	2012-09-17 11:48:24 +0000
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 --------------------------
 
 testtools gives you the very latest in unit testing technology in a way that
-will work with Python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.1. The next release of testtools
-will change that to support versions that are maintained by the Python
-community instead, to allow the use of modern language features within
-testtools.
+will work with Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.1.
+
+If you wish to use testtools with Python 2.4 or 2.5, then please use testtools
+0.9.15.