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@@ -73,12 +73,8 @@ behavior. Those are:
Requirements
============
gemato is written in Python and compatible with implementations
-of Python 2.7 and Python 3.4+. However, the support for Python 2
-is considered 'best effort' and has some known limitations. For example,
-non-ASCII paths on command-line do not work.
-
-gemato is currently tested against CPython 2.7, CPython 3.4 through 3.7,
-PyPy and PyPy3.
+of Python 3.4+. gemato is currently tested against CPython 3.4
+through 3.7 and PyPy3.
gemato depends only on standard Python library modules and their
backports. The exact runtime dependencies depend on the standard library
@@ -91,12 +87,6 @@ Python 3.4, 3.5
- pyblake2 -- for BLAKE2 family of hashes [#pyblake2]_
- pysha3 -- for SHA3 (Keccak) family of hashes [#pysha3]_
-Python 2.7
- the above, plus:
-
- - bz2file -- for BZip2 compression support [#bz2file]_ [#bz2py2]_
- - backports.lzma -- for LZMA/XZ compressed file support [#lzma]_
-
Additionally, gemato calls the GnuPG executable to work with OpenPGP
signatures. Both GnuPG 1.4.21 and 2.2+ are tested.
@@ -113,17 +103,3 @@ References and footnotes
.. [#pysha3] SHA-3 (Keccak) for Python 2.7 - 3.5
(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysha3)
(https://github.com/tiran/pysha3)
-
-.. [#bz2file] Read and write bzip2-compressed files
- (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bz2file)
- (https://github.com/nvawda/bz2file)
-
-.. [#bz2py2] Strictly speaking, Python 2.7 has a ``bz2`` module.
- However, this old module version does not support working on open
- files nor multiple streams inside a single file. For this reason,
- the external module is unconditionally required.
-
-.. [#lzma] Backport of Python 3.3's 'lzma' module for XZ/LZMA compressed
- files
- (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports.lzma)
- (https://github.com/peterjc/backports.lzma)