Deprecate support for Python 3.3

news/3796.removal

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate support for Python 3.3.

pip/basecommand.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import optparse
+import warnings
 
 from pip import cmdoptions
 from pip.index import PackageFinder
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
     SUCCESS, ERROR, UNKNOWN_ERROR, VIRTUALENV_NOT_FOUND,
     PREVIOUS_BUILD_DIR_ERROR,
 )
-from pip.utils import get_prog, normalize_path
+from pip.utils import deprecation, get_prog, normalize_path
 from pip.utils.logging import IndentingFormatter
 from pip.utils.outdated import pip_version_check
 
@@ -185,6 +186,13 @@ def main(self, args):
             ),
         })
 
+        if sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 3):
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Python 3.3 supported has been deprecated and support for it "
+                "will be dropped in the future. Please upgrade your Python.",
+                deprecation.RemovedInPip11Warning,
+            )
+
         # TODO: try to get these passing down from the command?
         #      without resorting to os.environ to hold these.
 

tests/functional/test_install.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_pip_second_command_line_interface_works(script, data):
     # On old versions of Python, urllib3/requests will raise a warning about
     # the lack of an SSLContext.
     kwargs = {}
-    if pyversion_tuple < (2, 7, 9):
+    if pyversion_tuple < (2, 7, 9) or pyversion_tuple[:2] == (3, 3):
         kwargs['expect_stderr'] = True
 
     args = ['pip%s' % pyversion]

tests/functional/test_install_upgrade.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -449,27 +448,3 @@ def prep_ve(self, script, version, pip_src, distribute=False):
             cwd=pip_src,
             expect_stderr=True,
         )
-
-    @pytest.mark.skipif(
-        sys.version_info >= (3, 5),
-        reason="distribute doesn't work on Python 3.5",
-    )
-    def test_from_distribute_6_to_setuptools_7(
-            self, script, data, virtualenv):
-        self.prep_ve(
-            script, '1.9.1', virtualenv.pip_source_dir, distribute=True
-        )
-        result = self.script.run(
-            self.ve_bin / 'pip', 'install', '--no-index',
-            '--find-links=%s' % data.find_links, '-U', 'distribute',
-        )
-        assert (
-            "Found existing installation: distribute 0.6.34" in result.stdout
-        )
-        result = self.script.run(
-            self.ve_bin / 'pip', 'list', '--format=json',
-        )
-        assert {"name": "setuptools", "version": "0.9.8"} \
-            in json.loads(result.stdout)
-        assert {"name": "distribute", "version": "0.7.3"} \
-            in json.loads(result.stdout)

tests/functional/test_uninstall.py

@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ def test_simple_uninstall_distutils(script):
         in json.loads(result.stdout)
     result = script.pip('uninstall', 'distutils_install', '-y',
                         expect_stderr=True, expect_error=True)
-    assert result.stderr.strip() == (
+    assert (
         "Cannot uninstall 'distutils-install'. It is a distutils installed "
         "project and thus we cannot accurately determine which files belong "
         "to it which would lead to only a partial uninstall."
-    )
+    ) in result.stderr
 
 
 @pytest.mark.network

tests/lib/__init__.py

@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ def pip(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if (pyversion_tuple < (2, 7, 9) and
                 args and args[0] in ('search', 'install', 'download')):
             kwargs['expect_stderr'] = True
+        # Python 3.3 is deprecated and we emit a warning on it.
+        if pyversion_tuple[:2] == (3, 3):
+            kwargs['expect_stderr'] = True
 
         return self.run("pip", *args, **kwargs)