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Update docs for v0.17.x release; Reintroduce Py26 and Py33 compat#397

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Update docs for v0.17.x release; Reintroduce Py26 and Py33 compat#397
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@jmadler jmadler requested a review from edschofield October 19, 2018 23:31
@jmadler jmadler changed the title Update docs for v0.17.x release Update docs for v0.17.x release; Reintroduce Py26 and Py33 compat Oct 25, 2018
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I'm curious, what is the reason to re-add EOL Python 2.6 support? The decision to remove it was reviewed and approved in a previous PR.

These versions are no longer receiving bug fixes, including for security issues. Python 2.6 went EOL on 2013-10-29 and on 2017-09-29. Removing support for EOL Pythons will reduce testing and maintenance resources. Removing Python 2.6 will allow removing certain compatibility shims.

Using pypinfo, here are the PyPI download statistics for the last 30 days, showing low numbers for these EOL Pythons:

python_version percent download_count
2.7 60.91% 4,029,765
3.6 23.77% 1,572,845
3.5 9.57% 633,401
3.4 3.18% 210,115
3.7 2.52% 166,736
2.6 0.02% 1,540
3.3 0.02% 1,088
3.8 0.01% 492
3.2 0.00% 142
None 0.00% 17
Total 6,616,141

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