Spyder 2.2.1 does not work with Python < 2.7

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From lamego.p...@gmail.com on 2013-07-27T05:56:13Z

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. download spyder 2.1.1;
   1. sudo python setup.py install
   2. spyder What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The application should start What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? 2.2.1 on RHEL6

Please provide any additional information below

. Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 2098, in main
mainwindow = run_spyder(app, options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 1991, in run_spyder
main = MainWindow(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 381, in init
title = "Spyder (Python %s.%s)" % (sys.version_info.major,
AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'major'

The named attributes were introduced on python 2.7: http://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.version_info I have replaced .major and .minor with [0][1] and it's working fine now.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/issues/detail?id=1497

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From ccordoba12 on 2013-08-09T12:55:42Z

Ok, thanks a lot for the heads up! I'll fix it in our next release.

Summary: Spyder 2.2.1 does not work with Python < 2.7 (was: Spyder 2.1.1 does not work with Python < 2.7)

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From pierre.raybaut on 2013-08-10T08:59:25Z

Breaking compatibility with Python 2.5 and 2.6 seems like a critical bug that should require a maintenance release really soon.

Status: Accepted
Owner: ccordoba12
Labels: -Priority-High Priority-Critical MS-v2.2.2

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From ccordoba12 on 2013-08-10T09:06:13Z

Yep, I'm preparing 2.2.2 right now (I'm almost have it finished).

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From ccordoba12 on 2013-08-10T09:22:29Z

This issue was updated by revision e8517907aeeb .

Status: Fixed