Drop support of running under Python 2.7

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Contributing to ``virtualenv``
+# Contributing to `virtualenv`
 
-Thank you for your interest in contributing to virtualenv! There are many ways to contribute, and we appreciate all of them.
-As a reminder, all contributors are expected to follow the [PSF Code of Conduct][coc].
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to virtualenv! There are many ways to contribute, and we appreciate all of
+them. As a reminder, all contributors are expected to follow the [PSF Code of Conduct][coc].
 
 [coc]: https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
 
 ## Development Documentation
 
 Our [development documentation](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/development.html#development) contains details on
-how to get started with contributing to ``virtualenv``, and details of our development processes.
+how to get started with contributing to `virtualenv`, and details of our development processes.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.md

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Describe what's the expected behaviour and what you're observing.
 **Environment**
 
 Provide at least:
+
 - OS:
-- ``pip list`` of the host python where ``virtualenv`` is installed:
+- `pip list` of the host python where `virtualenv` is installed:
 
   ```console
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ---
 name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
-title: ''
+title: ""
 labels: bug
-assignees: ''
-
+assignees: ""
 ---
 
 **Issue**
@@ -14,8 +13,9 @@ Describe what's the expected behaviour and what you're observing.
 **Environment**
 
 Provide at least:
+
 - OS:
-- ``pip list`` of the host python where ``virtualenv`` is installed:
+- `pip list` of the host python where `virtualenv` is installed:
 
   ```console
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
-blank_issues_enabled: true  # default
+blank_issues_enabled: true # default
 contact_links:
-- name: '💬 pypa/virtualenv @ Discord'
-  url: https://discord.gg/pypa
-  about: Chat with the devs
-- name: 🤷💻🤦 Discourse
-  url: https://discuss.python.org/c/packaging
-  about: |
-    Please ask typical Q&A here: general ideas for Python packaging, questions about structuring projects and so on
-- name: 📝 PSF Code of Conduct
-  url: https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
-  about: ❤ Be nice to other members of the community. ☮ Behave.
+  - name: "💬 pypa/virtualenv @ Discord"
+    url: https://discord.gg/pypa
+    about: Chat with the devs
+  - name: 🤷💻🤦 Discourse
+    url: https://discuss.python.org/c/packaging
+    about: |
+      Please ask typical Q&A here: general ideas for Python packaging, questions about structuring projects and so on
+  - name: 📝 PSF Code of Conduct
+    url: https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+    about: ❤ Be nice to other members of the community. ☮ Behave.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature-request.md

@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 ---
 name: Feature request
 about: Suggest an enhancement for this project
-title: ''
+title: ""
 labels: enhancement
-assignees: ''
-
+assignees: ""
 ---
 
 **What's the problem this feature will solve?**
+
 <!-- What are you trying to do, that you are unable to achieve with virtualenv as it currently stands? -->
 
 **Describe the solution you'd like**
+
 <!-- Clear and concise description of what you want to happen. -->
 
 <!-- Provide examples of real world use cases that this would enable and how it solves the problem described above. -->
 
 **Alternative Solutions**
+
 <!-- Have you tried to workaround the problem using virtualenv or other tools? Or a different approach to solving this issue? Please elaborate here. -->
 
 **Additional context**
+
 <!-- Add any other context, links, etc. about the feature here. -->

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ### Thanks for contributing, make sure you address all the checklists (for details on how see
+
 [development documentation](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/development.html#development))!
 
-- [ ] ran the linter to address style issues (``tox -e fix_lint``)
+- [ ] ran the linter to address style issues (`tox -e fix_lint`)
 - [ ] wrote descriptive pull request text
 - [ ] ensured there are test(s) validating the fix
-- [ ] added news fragment in ``docs/changelog`` folder
+- [ ] added news fragment in `docs/changelog` folder
 - [ ] updated/extended the documentation

.github/SECURITY.md

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
-| Version     | Supported          |
-| ----------- | ------------------ |
-| 20.15.1 +   | :white_check_mark: |
-| < 20.15.1   | :x:                |
+| Version   | Supported          |
+| --------- | ------------------ |
+| 20.15.1 + | :white_check_mark: |
+| < 20.15.1 | :x:                |
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-      - uses: pre-commit/[email protected]
   test:
     name: test ${{ matrix.py }} - ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -30,18 +22,19 @@ jobs:
           - "3.8"
           - "3.7"
           - "3.6"
-          - "3.5"
+          - pypy-3.9-v7.3.9
+          - pypy-3.8-v7.3.9
+          - pypy-3.7-v7.3.9
           - pypy-3.6-v7.3.3
-          - pypy-3.7-v7.3.7
-          - pypy-3.8-v7.3.7
-          - "2.7"
-          - pypy-2.7
         os:
           - ubuntu-20.04
-          - macos-10.15
+          - macos-12
           - windows-2022
+        exclude:
+          - { os: macos-12, py: "pypy-3.6-v7.3.3" } # PyPy 3.6 does not support macOS 11/12
         include:
-          - { os: macos-10.15, py: brew@py3 }
+          - { os: macos-12, py: "[email protected]" }
+          - { os: macos-12, py: "[email protected]" }
     steps:
       - name: Install OS dependencies
         run: |
@@ -54,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'tar -zxf nushell.tar.gz' || true }} && \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'sudo cp nu /usr/bin' || true }} && \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && 'choco install nushell' || true }} && \
-            ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' && 'brew update && brew install fish tcsh nushell' || true }} && \
+            ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' && 'brew install fish tcsh nushell' || true }} && \
             exit 0 || true;
           done
           exit 1
@@ -63,40 +56,38 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
-      - name: Install tox
-        run: python -m pip install tox
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Use local virtualenv for tox
-        run: python -m pip install .
       - name: Install Python 2 for cross test
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "2.7"
+      - name: Setup brew python for test ${{ matrix.py }}
+        if: startsWith(matrix.py,'brew@')
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          PY=$(echo '${{ matrix.py }}' | cut -c 6-)
+          brew upgrade python@$PY || brew install python@$PY
+          echo "/usr/local/opt/python@$PY/libexec/bin" >>"${GITHUB_PATH}"
+        shell: bash
       - name: Setup python for test ${{ matrix.py }}
-        if: "!( startsWith(matrix.py,'brew@py') || endsWith(matrix.py, '-dev') )"
+        if: "!( startsWith(matrix.py,'brew@') || endsWith(matrix.py, '-dev') )"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.py }}
-      - name: Setup brew python for test ${{ matrix.py }}
-        if: startsWith(matrix.py,'brew@py')
-        run: |
-          import subprocess; import codecs; import os
-          subprocess.check_call(["bash", "-c", "brew upgrade python@3 || brew install python@3"])
-          with codecs.open(os.environ["GITHUB_PATH"], "a", "utf-8") as file_handler:
-               file_handler.write("/usr/local/opt/python@3")
-        shell: python
       - name: Pick environment to run
         run: |
-          import platform; import os; import sys; import codecs
-          cpy = platform.python_implementation() == "CPython"
-          base =("{}{}{}" if cpy else "{}{}").format("py" if cpy else "pypy", *sys.version_info[0:2])
-          env = "TOXENV={}\n".format(base)
-          print("Picked:\n{}for{}".format(env, sys.version))
-          with codecs.open(os.environ["GITHUB_ENV"], "a", "utf-8") as file_handler:
-               file_handler.write(env)
+          import os; import platform; import sys; from pathlib import Path
+          env = f'TOXENV=py{"" if platform.python_implementation() == "CPython" else "py"}3{sys.version_info.minor}'
+          print(f"Picked: {env} for {sys.version} based of {sys.executable}")
+          with Path(os.environ["GITHUB_ENV"]).open("ta") as file_handler:
+              file_handler.write(env)
         shell: python
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install tox
+        run: python -m pip install tox
+      - name: Use local virtualenv for tox
+        run: python -m pip install .
       - name: Setup test suite
         run: tox -vv --notest
       - name: Run test suite
@@ -106,7 +97,9 @@ jobs:
           CI_RUN: "yes"
           DIFF_AGAINST: HEAD
       - name: Rename coverage report file
-        run: import os; import sys; os.rename(".tox/.coverage.{}".format(os.environ['TOXENV']), ".tox/.coverage.{}-{}".format(os.environ['TOXENV'], sys.platform))
+        run: |
+          import os; import sys
+          os.rename(f".tox/.coverage.{os.environ['TOXENV']}", f".tox/.coverage.{os.environ['TOXENV']}-{sys.platform}")
         shell: python
       - name: Upload coverage data
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -116,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 
   coverage:
     name: Combine coverage
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: test
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -153,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-20.04
+          - ubuntu-22.04
           - windows-2022
         tox_env:
           - dev
@@ -181,8 +174,8 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    needs: [check, coverage, lint]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: [check, coverage]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Setup python to build package
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: isort
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 22.3.0
+  rev: 22.6.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     args: [--safe]
 - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
   rev: v1.12.1
   hooks:
   - id: blacken-docs
-    additional_dependencies: [black==21.12b0]
+    additional_dependencies: [black==22.6.0]
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
   rev: v1.9.0
   hooks:

docs/changelog/2382.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for running under Python 2 (still can generate Python 2 environments) - by :user:`gaborbernat`.

docs/installation.rst

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ supported on a best effort approach.
 CPython is shipped in multiple forms, and each OS repackages it, often applying some customization along the way.
 Therefore we cannot say universally that we support all platforms, but rather specify some we test against. In case
 of ones not specified here the support is unknown, though likely will work. If you find some cases please open a feature
-request on our issue tracker.
+request on our issue tracker. Note, as of ``20.16.0`` we no longer support running under Python less than 3.6, however
+we still support creating environments for 2.7 and 3.5.
 
 Linux
 ~~~~~

docs/render_cli.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def run(self):
         for i in core_result["action_groups"]:
             content.append(self._build_table(i["options"], i["title"], i["description"]))
         for key, name_to_class in CUSTOM.items():
-            section = n.section("", ids=["section-{}".format(key)])
+            section = n.section("", ids=[f"section-{key}"])
             title = n.title("", key)
             section += title
             self.state.document.note_implicit_target(title)
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ def run(self):
 
             for name, class_n in name_to_class.items():
                 with self._run_parser(class_n, key, name):
-                    cmd = ["--{}".format(key), name]
+                    cmd = [f"--{key}", name]
                     parser_result = parse_parser(parser_creator(cmd))
                     opt_group = next(i["options"] for i in parser_result["action_groups"] if i["title"] == key)
                     results[name] = opt_group
             core_names = set.intersection(*list({tuple(i["name"]) for i in v} for v in results.values()))
             if core_names:
                 rows = [i for i in next(iter(results.values())) if tuple(i["name"]) in core_names]
                 content.append(
-                    self._build_table(rows, title="core", description="options shared across all {}".format(key)),
+                    self._build_table(rows, title="core", description=f"options shared across all {key}"),
                 )
             for name, group in results.items():
                 rows = [i for i in group if tuple(i["name"]) not in core_names]
                 if rows:
                     content.append(
-                        self._build_table(rows, title=name, description="options specific to {} {}".format(key, name)),
+                        self._build_table(rows, title=name, description=f"options specific to {key} {name}"),
                     )
         return content
 

setup.cfg

@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ install_requires =
     distlib>=0.3.1,<1
     filelock>=3.2,<4
     platformdirs>=2,<3
-    six>=1.9.0,<2   # keep it >=1.9.0 as it may cause problems on LTS platforms
     importlib-metadata>=0.12;python_version<"3.8"
     importlib-resources>=1.0;python_version<"3.7"
-    pathlib2>=2.3.3,<3;python_version < '3.4' and sys.platform != 'win32'
 python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*
 package_dir =
     =src
@@ -96,13 +94,13 @@ testing =
     coverage>=4
     coverage-enable-subprocess>=1
     flaky>=3
+    packaging>=20.0
     pytest>=4
     pytest-env>=0.6.2
     pytest-freezegun>=0.4.1
     pytest-mock>=2
     pytest-randomly>=1
     pytest-timeout>=1
-    packaging>=20.0;python_version>"3.4"
 
 [options.package_data]
 virtualenv.activation.bash = *.sh

src/virtualenv/__init__.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
 from .run import cli_run, session_via_cli
 from .version import __version__
 
-__all__ = (
+__all__ = [
     "__version__",
     "cli_run",
     "session_via_cli",
-)
+]