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authorAlessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>2016-06-02 18:02:16 +0200
committerAlessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>2016-06-02 18:02:16 +0200
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parent42d45c290436ee6ef51df60d5a7287c41b0c84c2 (diff)
NEWS: Highlight Python 2.6 end of support
Add a note for CentOS Linux 6 and 7 users in the README.
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@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ written in Python.
Requirements
============
-- ``python >= 2.7`` or ``>= 3.3`` (tested with version 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
-- ``psutil >= 2.0.0``
+- ``python 2.7,>=3.3`` (tested with version 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
+- ``psutil>=2.0.0``
- ``setuptools``
Optional dependencies:
@@ -54,11 +54,16 @@ Optional dependencies:
- ``py-cpuinfo`` (for the Quicklook CPU info module)
- ``scandir`` (for the Folders plugin) [Only for Python < 3.5]
-Note for Python 2.6 users:
+*Note for Python 2.6 users*
-Glances 2.7 (or higher) no longer support Python 2.6. Please upgrade to
-Python 2.7/3.3+ or downgrade Glances to 2.6.2 (latest version with Python
-2.6 support).
+Since version 2.7, Glances no longer support Python 2.6. Please upgrade
+to at least Python 2.7/3.3+ or downgrade to Glances 2.6.2 (latest version
+with Python 2.6 support).
+
+*Note for CentOS Linux 6 and 7 users*
+
+Python 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4 are now available via SCLs. See:
+https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-December/021555.html.
Installation
============
@@ -246,26 +251,6 @@ Puppet
You can install Glances using ``Puppet``: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
-Known issue on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora installation
-==============================================
-
-For Python 2.6 RedHat-based distros there might be an issue with starting Glances:
-
- Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/usr/bin/glances", line 5, in <module>
- from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
- File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2655, in <module>
- workingset.require(_requires)
- File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 648, in require
- needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
- File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 546, in resolve
- raise DistributionNotFound(req)
- pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: argparse
-
-Try upgrading setuptools, has been proven to solve the problem:
-
- sudo pip install -U setuptools
-
Usage
=====