Deprecate Python 3.5.

Signed-off-by: Mats Wichmann <mats@linux.com>

6 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 31b3fb17a..cad3e9d01 100755
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
     - Remove long-deprecated construction variables PDFCOM, WIN32_INSERT_DEF,
       WIN32DEFPREFIX, WIN32DEFSUFFIX, WIN32EXPPREFIX, WIN32EXPSUFFIX.
       All have been replaced by other names since at least 1.0.
+    - Deprecate Python 3.5 as a supported version.
 
   From Dillan Mills:
     - Add support for the (TARGET,SOURCE,TARGETS,SOURCES,CHANGED_TARGETS,CHANGED_SOURCES}.relpath property.
diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index 22961b104..f468e1b57 100755
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ NEW FUNCTIONALITY
 
 DEPRECATED FUNCTIONALITY
 ------------------------
+    - Deprecate Python 3.5 as a supported version.
 
 - List anything that's been deprecated since the last release
 
diff --git a/ReleaseConfig b/ReleaseConfig
index fa4a24b05..4195f3fbe 100755
--- a/ReleaseConfig
+++ b/ReleaseConfig
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ version_tuple = (4, 1, 1, 'a', 0)
 # cause a warning to be issued (assuming it's not disabled).  These values are
 # mandatory and must be present in the configuration file.
 unsupported_python_version = (3, 4, 0)
-deprecated_python_version = (3, 4, 0)
+deprecated_python_version = (3, 5, 0)
 
 # If release_date is (yyyy, mm, dd, hh, mm, ss), that is used as the release
 # date and time.  If release_date is (yyyy, mm, dd), it is used for the
diff --git a/SCons/Script/Main.py b/SCons/Script/Main.py
index 59ffbb7eb..29906ad20 100644
--- a/SCons/Script/Main.py
+++ b/SCons/Script/Main.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ it goes here.
 
 # these define the range of versions SCons supports
 unsupported_python_version = (3, 4, 0)
-deprecated_python_version = (3, 4, 0)
+deprecated_python_version = (3, 5, 0)
 
 import SCons.compat
 
diff --git a/doc/man/scons.xml b/doc/man/scons.xml
index 1b02e35ab..5bd50d3df 100644
--- a/doc/man/scons.xml
+++ b/doc/man/scons.xml
@@ -536,6 +536,12 @@ by appropriate setting of &consvars;.</para>
 requires Python 3.5 or higher.
 There should be no other dependencies or requirements to run &scons;.
 </para>
+<para><emphasis>
+Support for Python 3.5 is deprecated since
+&SCons; 4.2 and will be dropped in a future release.
+The CPython project has retired 3.5:
+<ulink url="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0478"/>.
+</emphasis></para>
 
 </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/testing/framework/TestSCons.py b/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
index c02be7a5e..5937baddf 100644
--- a/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
+++ b/testing/framework/TestSCons.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ from TestCmd import PIPE
 default_version = '4.1.1ayyyymmdd'
 
 python_version_unsupported = (3, 4, 0)
-python_version_deprecated = (3, 4, 0)
+python_version_deprecated = (3, 5, 0)
 
 # In the checked-in source, the value of SConsVersion in the following
 # line must remain "__ VERSION __" (without the spaces) so the built