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Minimum setuptools version needed

See original GitHub issue

If a user installs Python 2.7.11 (the minimum install req according to the docs), setuptools is incredibly outdated. Solution was to update setuptools with pip install -U setuptools.

Stdout of issue:

c:\python27\lib\distutils\dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'python_requires'
  warnings.warn(msg)
c:\python27\lib\distutils\dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option:  'long_description_content_type'
   warnings.warn(msg)

CC @pan-, who found the problem with a fresh version of 2.7.11 on Windows.

Note

Not sure if issue should be opened here or in PyOCD, which is what uses those two keys.

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Created 5 years ago
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screamerbgcommented, Feb 1, 2019

@cmonr Are you happy to issue a PR?

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cmonrcommented, Jan 3, 2019

What’s funny is that I think the standard way to do it now is to use python_requires.

I think I’d prefer if we bumped the supported Python patch version instead, to the Py 2.7.x version that ships with a setuptools version that supports the keyword.

Now that I’ve had a break to revisit this, I’m wondering why I didn’t instead open the issue against PyOCD.

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