Drop support for Python 2.6, removing lots of compatibility code for a leaner, cleaner codebase. Fixes #878.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/py26compat.py b/setuptools/py26compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d3add8c..00000000
--- a/setuptools/py26compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Compatibility Support for Python 2.6 and earlier
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import splittag
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib import splittag
-
-
-def strip_fragment(url):
-    """
-    In `Python 8280 <http://bugs.python.org/issue8280>`_, Python 2.7 and
-    later was patched to disregard the fragment when making URL requests.
-    Do the same for Python 2.6 and earlier.
-    """
-    url, fragment = splittag(url)
-    return url
-
-
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
-    strip_fragment = lambda x: x
-
-try:
-    from importlib import import_module
-except ImportError:
-
-    def import_module(module_name):
-        return __import__(module_name, fromlist=['__name__'])