Drop Python 2.7

README.md

@@ -24,18 +24,14 @@ What does it do?
 
 |   | macOS Intel | macOS Apple Silicon | Windows 64bit | Windows 32bit | manylinux x86_64 | manylinux i686 | manylinux aarch64 | manylinux ppc64le | manylinux s390x |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| CPython 2.7     | ✅ |   | ✅¹ | ✅¹ | ✅ | ✅ |    |    |   |
 | CPython 3.5     | ✅ |   | ✅  | ✅  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | CPython 3.6     | ✅ |   | ✅  | ✅  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | CPython 3.7     | ✅ |   | ✅  | ✅  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | CPython 3.8     | ✅ |   | ✅  | ✅  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | CPython 3.9     | ✅ | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
-| PyPy 2.7 v7.3.3 | ✅ |    |    | ✅  | ✅ |    |    |    |   |
 | PyPy 3.6 v7.3.3 | ✅ |    |    | ✅  | ✅ |    |    |    |   |
 | PyPy 3.7 (beta) v7.3.3 | ✅ | |  | ✅  | ✅ |    |    |   |    |
 
-<sup>¹ Not supported on Travis</sup><br>
-
 - Builds manylinux, macOS 10.9+, and Windows wheels for CPython and PyPy
 - Works on GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Travis CI, AppVeyor, CircleCI, and GitLab CI
 - Bundles shared library dependencies on Linux and macOS through [auditwheel](https://github.com/pypa/auditwheel) and [delocate](https://github.com/matthew-brett/delocate)
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
 ```
 
-For more information, including building on Python 2, PyPI deployment, and the use of other CI services or the dedicated GitHub Action, check out the [documentation](https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.org) and the [examples](https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel/tree/master/examples).
+For more information, including PyPI deployment, and the use of other CI services or the dedicated GitHub Action, check out the [documentation](https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.org) and the [examples](https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel/tree/master/examples).
 
 Options
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azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
     - task: UsePythonVersion@0
       inputs:
         versionSpec: '3.6'
-    - script: choco install vcpython27 -f -y
-      displayName: Install Visual C++ for Python 2.7
     - bash: |
         python -m pip install -e ".[dev]" pytest-azurepipelines
         python ./bin/run_tests.py
@@ -39,8 +37,6 @@ jobs:
     - task: UsePythonVersion@0
       inputs:
         versionSpec: '3.8'
-    - script: choco install vcpython27 -f -y
-      displayName: Install Visual C++ for Python 2.7
     - bash: |
         python -m pip install -e ".[dev]" pytest-azurepipelines
         python ./bin/run_tests.py

bin/update_dependencies.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # regenerate the constraints files
 os.environ['CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND'] = "bin/update_dependencies.py"
 
-PYTHON_VERSIONS = ['27', '35', '36', '37', '38', '39']
+PYTHON_VERSIONS = ['35', '36', '37', '38', '39']
 
 if '--no-docker' in sys.argv:
     for python_version in PYTHON_VERSIONS:

cibuildwheel/linux.py

@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ def build(options: BuildOptions) -> None:
                     dependency_constraint_flags: List[PathOrStr] = []
                     if config.identifier.startswith("pp"):
                         # Patch PyPy to make sure headers get installed into a venv
-                        patch_version = '_27' if config.version == '2.7' else ''
-                        patch_path = resources_dir / f'pypy_venv{patch_version}.patch'
+                        patch_path = resources_dir / 'pypy_venv.patch'
                         patch_docker_path = PurePath('/pypy_venv.patch')
                         docker.copy_into(patch_path, patch_docker_path)
                         try:

cibuildwheel/macos.py

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def install_cpython(version: str, url: str) -> Path:
 
     # if this version of python isn't installed, get it from python.org and install
     python_package_identifier = f'org.python.Python.PythonFramework-{version}'
-    python_executable = 'python3' if version[0] == '3' else 'python'
+    python_executable = 'python3'
     installation_bin_path = Path(f'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/{version}/bin')
 
     if python_package_identifier not in installed_system_packages:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def install_cpython(version: str, url: str) -> Path:
 
         call(["sudo", str(installation_bin_path/python_executable), str(install_certifi_script)])
 
-    pip_executable = 'pip3' if version[0] == '3' else 'pip'
+    pip_executable = 'pip3'
     make_symlinks(installation_bin_path, python_executable, pip_executable)
 
     return installation_bin_path
@@ -164,13 +164,12 @@ def install_pypy(version: str, url: str) -> Path:
         download(url, downloaded_tar_bz2)
         call(['tar', '-C', '/tmp', '-xf', downloaded_tar_bz2])
         # Patch PyPy to make sure headers get installed into a venv
-        patch_version = '_27' if version == '2.7' else ''
-        patch_path = resources_dir / f'pypy_venv{patch_version}.patch'
+        patch_path = resources_dir / 'pypy_venv.patch'
         call(['patch', '--force', '-p1', '-d', installation_path, '-i', patch_path])
 
     installation_bin_path = installation_path / 'bin'
-    python_executable = 'pypy3' if version[0] == '3' else 'pypy'
-    pip_executable = 'pip3' if version[0] == '3' else 'pip'
+    python_executable = 'pypy3'
+    pip_executable = 'pip3'
     make_symlinks(installation_bin_path, python_executable, pip_executable)
 
     return installation_bin_path

cibuildwheel/resources/build-platforms.toml

@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 [linux]
 python_configurations = [
-  { identifier = "cp27-manylinux_x86_64", version = "2.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp27-cp27m" },
-  { identifier = "cp27-manylinux_x86_64", version = "2.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp27-cp27mu" },
   { identifier = "cp35-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.5", path_str = "/opt/python/cp35-cp35m" },
   { identifier = "cp36-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.6", path_str = "/opt/python/cp36-cp36m" },
   { identifier = "cp37-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp37-cp37m" },
   { identifier = "cp38-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.8", path_str = "/opt/python/cp38-cp38" },
   { identifier = "cp39-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.9", path_str = "/opt/python/cp39-cp39" },
-  { identifier = "cp27-manylinux_i686", version = "2.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp27-cp27m" },
-  { identifier = "cp27-manylinux_i686", version = "2.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp27-cp27mu" },
   { identifier = "cp35-manylinux_i686", version = "3.5", path_str = "/opt/python/cp35-cp35m" },
   { identifier = "cp36-manylinux_i686", version = "3.6", path_str = "/opt/python/cp36-cp36m" },
   { identifier = "cp37-manylinux_i686", version = "3.7", path_str = "/opt/python/cp37-cp37m" },
   { identifier = "cp38-manylinux_i686", version = "3.8", path_str = "/opt/python/cp38-cp38" },
   { identifier = "cp39-manylinux_i686", version = "3.9", path_str = "/opt/python/cp39-cp39" },
-  { identifier = "pp27-manylinux_x86_64", version = "2.7", path_str = "/opt/python/pp27-pypy_73" },
   { identifier = "pp36-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.6", path_str = "/opt/python/pp36-pypy36_pp73" },
   { identifier = "pp37-manylinux_x86_64", version = "3.7", path_str = "/opt/python/pp37-pypy37_pp73" },
   { identifier = "cp35-manylinux_aarch64", version = "3.5", path_str = "/opt/python/cp35-cp35m" },
@@ -36,23 +31,19 @@ python_configurations = [
 
 [macos]
 python_configurations = [
-  { identifier = "cp27-macosx_x86_64", version = "2.7", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/python-2.7.18-macosx10.9.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp35-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.5", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.4/python-3.5.4-macosx10.6.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp36-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.6", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.8/python-3.6.8-macosx10.9.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp37-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.7", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.9/python-3.7.9-macosx10.9.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp38-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.8", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.7/python-3.8.7-macosx10.9.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp39-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.9", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/python-3.9.1-macos11.0.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp39-macosx_arm64", version = "3.9", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/python-3.9.1-macos11.0.pkg" },
   { identifier = "cp39-macosx_universal2", version = "3.9", url = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/python-3.9.1-macos11.0.pkg" },
-  { identifier = "pp27-macosx_x86_64", version = "2.7", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy2.7-v7.3.3-osx64.tar.bz2" },
   { identifier = "pp36-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.6", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy3.6-v7.3.3-osx64.tar.bz2" },
   { identifier = "pp37-macosx_x86_64", version = "3.7", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy3.7-v7.3.3-osx64.tar.bz2" },
 ]
 
 [windows]
 python_configurations = [
-  { identifier = "cp27-win32", version = "2.7.18", arch = "32" },
-  { identifier = "cp27-win_amd64", version = "2.7.18", arch = "64" },
   { identifier = "cp35-win32", version = "3.5.4", arch = "32" },
   { identifier = "cp35-win_amd64", version = "3.5.4", arch = "64" },
   { identifier = "cp36-win32", version = "3.6.8", arch = "32" },
@@ -63,7 +54,6 @@ python_configurations = [
   { identifier = "cp38-win_amd64", version = "3.8.7", arch = "64" },
   { identifier = "cp39-win32", version = "3.9.1", arch = "32" },
   { identifier = "cp39-win_amd64", version = "3.9.1", arch = "64" },
-  { identifier = "pp27-win32", version = "2.7", arch = "32", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy2.7-v7.3.3-win32.zip" },
   { identifier = "pp36-win32", version = "3.6", arch = "32", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy3.6-v7.3.3-win32.zip" },
   { identifier = "pp37-win32", version = "3.7", arch = "32", url = "https://downloads.python.org/pypy/pypy3.7-v7.3.3-win32.zip" },
 ]

cibuildwheel/util.py

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def get_for_python_version(self, version: str) -> Path:
         version_parts = version.split('.')
 
         # try to find a version-specific dependency file e.g. if
-        # ./constraints.txt is the base, look for ./constraints-python27.txt
+        # ./constraints.txt is the base, look for ./constraints-python36.txt
         specific_stem = self.base_file_path.stem + f'-python{version_parts[0]}{version_parts[1]}'
         specific_name = specific_stem + self.base_file_path.suffix
         specific_file_path = self.base_file_path.with_name(specific_name)

cibuildwheel/windows.py

@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
     read_python_configs,
 )
 
-IS_RUNNING_ON_AZURE = Path('C:\\hostedtoolcache').exists()
-IS_RUNNING_ON_TRAVIS = os.environ.get('TRAVIS_OS_NAME') == 'windows'
-
 
 def call(args: Sequence[PathOrStr], env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
          cwd: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ def shell(command: str, env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None, cwd: Optional[str]
 
 
 def get_nuget_args(version: str, arch: str) -> List[str]:
-    python_name = 'python' if version[0] == '3' else 'python2'
+    python_name = 'python'
     if arch == '32':
         python_name = python_name + 'x86'
     return [python_name, '-Version', version, '-OutputDirectory', 'C:\\cibw\\python']
@@ -69,12 +66,6 @@ def get_python_configurations(
         '64': Architecture.AMD64,
     }
 
-    custom_compiler = os.environ.get('DISTUTILS_USE_SDK') and os.environ.get('MSSdk')
-    if IS_RUNNING_ON_TRAVIS and not custom_compiler:
-        # cannot install VCForPython27.msi which is needed for compiling C software
-        # try with (and similar): msiexec /i VCForPython27.msi ALLUSERS=1 ACCEPT=YES /passive
-        python_configurations = [c for c in python_configurations if not c.version.startswith('2.7')]
-
     # skip builds as required
     python_configurations = [
         c for c in python_configurations
@@ -108,8 +99,7 @@ def install_pypy(version: str, arch: str, url: str) -> Path:
         download(url, pypy_zip)
         # Extract to the parent directory because the zip file still contains a directory
         extract_zip(pypy_zip, installation_path.parent)
-        pypy_exe = 'pypy3.exe' if version[0] == '3' else 'pypy.exe'
-        (installation_path / 'python.exe').symlink_to(installation_path / pypy_exe)
+        (installation_path / 'python.exe').symlink_to(installation_path / 'pypy3.exe')
     return installation_path
 
 

docs/contributing.md

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ This has been moved to using docker, so you only need the following instructions
 The dependency update script in the next section requires multiple python versions installed. One way to do this is to use `pyenv`:
 
 ```bash
-pyenv install 2.7.18
 pyenv install 3.5.9
 pyenv install 3.6.11
 pyenv install 3.7.8
@@ -77,8 +76,6 @@ pyenv install 3.7.8
 Then, you need to make the required virtual environments:
 
 ```bash
-$(pyenv prefix 2.7.18)/bin/python -m pip install virtualenv
-$(pyenv prefix 2.7.18)/bin/python -m virtualenv env27
 $(pyenv prefix 3.5.9)/bin/python -m venv env35
 $(pyenv prefix 3.6.11)/bin/python -m venv env36
 $(pyenv prefix 3.7.8)/bin/python -m venv env37

docs/cpp_standards.md

@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ title: Modern C++ standards
 Building Python wheels with modern C++ standards (C++11 and later) requires a few tricks.
 
 
-## Python 2.7 and C++17
-
-The Python 2.7 header files use the `register` keyword, which is [reserved and unused from C+17 onwards](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/keyword/register). Compiling a wheel for Python 2.7 with the C++17 standard is still possible to allow usage of `register` using proper flag `-Wno-register` for gcc/clang and `/wd5033` for MSVC.
-
 ## manylinux1 and C++14
 The default `manylinux1` image (based on CentOS 5) contains a version of GCC and libstdc++ that only supports C++11 and earlier standards. There are however ways to compile wheels with the C++14 standard (and later): https://github.com/pypa/manylinux/issues/118
 
@@ -27,43 +23,3 @@ To get C++17 support, Xcode 9.3+ is needed, requiring at least macOS 10.13 on th
 However, if only C++17 compiler and standard template library (STL) features are used (not needing a C++17 runtime) it might be possible to set `MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` to a lower value, such as `"10.9"`. To find out if this is the case, try compiling and running with a lower `MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`: if C++17 features are used that require a more recent deployment target, building the wheel should fail.
 
 For more details see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode, and https://xcodereleases.com/: Xcode 10 needs macOS 10.13 and Xcode 11 needs macOS 10.14.
-
-## Windows and Python 2.7
-
-Visual C++ for Python 2.7 does not support modern C++ standards (i.e., C++11 and later). When building on Appveyor, you will need to either use the "Visual Studio 2017" or "Visual Studio 2019" image, but Python 2.7 is not supported on these images - skip it by setting `CIBW_SKIP=cp27-win*`.
-
-There is an optional workaround for this, though: the pybind11 project argues and shows that it is [possible to compile Python 2.7 extension with a newer compiler](https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#working-with-ancient-visual-studio-2008-builds-on-windows) and has an example project showing how to do this: https://github.com/pybind/python_example. The main catch is that a user might need to install [a newer "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable"](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads), since the newer C++ standard library's binaries are not included by default with the Python 2.7 installation.
-
-Forcing `distutils` or `setuptools` to use a more recent version of MSVC that supports modern C++ can be done in the following way:
-
-1. Set the environment variables `DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1` and `MSSdk=1`. These two environment variables will tell `distutils`/`setuptools` to not search and set up a build environment that uses Visual C++ for Python 2.7 (aka. MSVC 9).
-2. Set up the build Visual Studio build environment you want to use, making sure that e.g. `PATH` contains `cl`, `link`, etc.
-    - Usually, this can be done through `vcvarsall.bat x86` or `vcvarsall.bat x64`. The exact location of this file depends on the installation, but the default path for VS 2019 Community (e.g. used in AppVeyor's `Visual Studio 2019` image) is `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat`. **Note**: `vcvarsall.bat` changes the environment variables, so this cannot be run in a subprocess/subshell and consequently running `vsvarsall.bat` in `CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD` does not have any effect.
-    - In Azure Pipelines, [a `VSBuild` task is available](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/build/visual-studio-build)
-    - In GitHub Actions, the default shell is powershell, so you'll need to use `shell: cmd` to source a `.bat` file, and the directory is `"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"`. Or you can use an action, such as the [`ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1`](https://github.com/ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd) action to setup the environment (see example below).
-3. Next, call `cibuildwheel`. Unfortunately, MSVC has separate toolchains for compiling 32-bit and 64-bit, so you will need to run `cibuildwheel` twice: once with `CIBW_BUILD=*-win32` after setting up the `x86` build environment, and once with `CIBW_BUILD=*-win_amd64` in a `x64` environment (see previous step).
-
-
-**GitHub Action example with ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd**:
-
-```yaml
-  - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
-
-  - name: Build 64-bit wheel
-    run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
-    env:
-      CIBW_BUILD: cp27-win_amd64
-      DISTUTILS_USE_SDK: 1
-      MSSdk: 1
-
-  - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
-    with:
-      arch: x86
-
-  - name: Build 32-bit wheel
-    run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
-    env:
-      CIBW_BUILD: cp27-win32
-      DISTUTILS_USE_SDK: 1
-      MSSdk: 1
-```