Merge branch 'dl/python-2.7-is-the-floor-version'

Document that we do not support Python 2.6 or older.

* dl/python-2.7-is-the-floor-version:
  CodingGuidelines: specify Python 2.7 is the oldest version
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Junio C Hamano 2020-06-17 21:54:05 -07:00
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@ -489,16 +489,11 @@ For Python scripts:
- We follow PEP-8 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/).
- As a minimum, we aim to be compatible with Python 2.6 and 2.7.
- As a minimum, we aim to be compatible with Python 2.7.
- Where required libraries do not restrict us to Python 2, we try to
also be compatible with Python 3.1 and later.
- When you must differentiate between Unicode literals and byte string
literals, it is OK to use the 'b' prefix. Even though the Python
documentation for version 2.6 does not mention this prefix, it has
been supported since version 2.6.0.
Error Messages
- Do not end error messages with a full stop.