diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6af598e2..987cc4b8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ Glances Version 2 Version 2.7 =========== +Backward-incompatible changes: + + * Drop support for Python 2.6 (issue #300) + +Deprecations: + + * Monitoring process list module is replaced by AMP (see issue #780) + Enhancements and new features: * Add Application Monitoring Process plugin (issue #780) @@ -24,11 +32,6 @@ Bugs corrected: * Idle process is back on FreeBSD and Windows (issue #844) * Top 3 processes are back in the alert summay -Deprecated: - - * Drop Python 2.6 support (issue #300) - * Monitoring process list module is replaced by AMP (see issue #780) - Version 2.6.1 ============= diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 3d34ab10..37ed05e4 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -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 - from pkg_resources import load_entry_point - File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2655, in - 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 =====