Drop python 2.6 support

Author: andyjack

.travis.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ before_install:
   - cd ..
   - pip install coverage coveralls
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.7' ]]; then pip install pylint yapf; fi
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.6' ]]; then pip install unittest2; fi
   - |
     if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.7' ]]; then
       sudo apt-get install -y nodejs;

README.rst

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ invalid IP address or an IPv6 address in an IPv4 database.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-This code requires Python 2.6+ or 3.3+. The C extension requires CPython. The
+This code requires Python 2.7+ or 3.3+. The C extension requires CPython. The
 pure Python implementation has been tested with PyPy.
 
 On Python 2, the `ipaddress module <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipaddress>`_ is

setup.py

@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 # Cargo cult code for installing extension with pure Python fallback.
 # Taken from SQLAlchemy, but this same basic code exists in many modules.
 ext_errors = (CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError)
-if sys.platform == 'win32':
-    # 2.6's distutils.msvc9compiler can raise an IOError when failing to
-    # find the compiler
-    ext_errors += (IOError, )
-
 
 class BuildFailed(Exception):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -141,7 +136,6 @@ def run_setup(with_cext):
             'Intended Audience :: Developers',
             'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
             'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-            'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',

tests/decoder_test.py

@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 from maxminddb.compat import byte_from_int, int_from_byte
 from maxminddb.decoder import Decoder
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-else:
-    import unittest
+import unittest
 
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
     unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegex = unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegexp