# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1141983857 -3600
# Node ID 205f04b04ec64d26ed76ee569161a9079ab3085d
# Parent  d8a03e9b37763960f65d3056331d86fed8a50c33
Added check for minimal python version to setup.py


diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 # './setup.py install', or
 # './setup.py --help' for more options
 
+import sys
+if not hasattr(sys, 'version_info') or sys.version_info < (2, 3):
+    raise SystemExit, "Mercurial requires python 2.3 or later."
+
 import glob
-import sys
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from distutils.command.install_data import install_data