Re: (unknown)
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:36
esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
quoted hunk
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <redacted> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:40:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add checks to Python scripts for version dependencies. --- contrib/ciabot/ciabot.py | 8 +++++++- ...diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py b/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py index 82f5ed3..b989941 100755 --- a/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py +++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ ## git log --stat import-zips from os import popen, path -from sys import argv, exit +from sys import argv, exit, hexversion from time import mktime from zipfile import ZipFile +if hexversion < 0x01060000:
I am assuming that you are carefully limiting what you import from "sys" by adding only hexversion to the import above, but then can we refer to sys.stderr below?
+ # The limiter is the zipfile module
+ sys.stderr.write("import-zips.py: requires Python 1.6.0 or later.\n")
+ sys.exit(1)
+