setup.py: drop compatibility with Python 2.4 and 2.5 (BC)
The last blocker for dropping Python 2.4 was Centos 5. We now provide our own
Mercurial package for Centos 5 with a bundled Python2.7.
I'm therefore happy to officially drop compatibility with Python 2.4 (and
Python 2.5 that nobody really cares about). This open the season for code
cleanup.
It is war's prize to take all vantage.
$ hg init
$ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
> [extensions]
> prefixfilter = prefix.py
> [encode]
> *.txt = stripprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> [decode]
> *.txt = insertprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> EOF
$ cat > prefix.py <<EOF
> from mercurial import util
> def stripprefix(s, cmd, filename, **kwargs):
> header = '%s\n' % cmd
> if s[:len(header)] != header:
> raise util.Abort('missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
> return s[len(header):]
> def insertprefix(s, cmd):
> return '%s\n%s' % (cmd, s)
> def reposetup(ui, repo):
> repo.adddatafilter('stripprefix:', stripprefix)
> repo.adddatafilter('insertprefix:', insertprefix)
> EOF
$ cat > .hgignore <<EOF
> .hgignore
> prefix.py
> prefix.pyc
> EOF
$ cat > stuff.txt <<EOF
> Copyright 2046, The Masters
> Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
> EOF
$ hg add stuff.txt
$ hg ci -m stuff
Repository data:
$ hg cat stuff.txt
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
Fresh checkout:
$ rm stuff.txt
$ hg up -C
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cat stuff.txt
Copyright 2046, The Masters
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
$ echo "Very very carefully." >> stuff.txt
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
$ echo "Unauthorized material subject to destruction." > morestuff.txt
Problem encoding:
$ hg add morestuff.txt
$ hg ci -m morestuff
abort: missing header "Copyright 2046, The Masters" in morestuff.txt
[255]
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
A morestuff.txt