update configuration / documentation for Py26 support #21

Author: Luiko Czub

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ Changes in TestLink-API-Python-client Source Distribution
 TestLink-API-Python-client UNDER DEVELOP v0.4.8
 -----------------------------------------------
 
+add Python 2.6 support #21
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Installation failed under Python 2.6 with on error, cause TestlinkAPIGeneric
+used in '_convertPostionalArgs()' a
+`Py31 feature, back ported to Py27 <http://docs.python.org/2/whatsnew/2.7.html#python-3-1-features>`_
+
+- Dictionary and set comprehensions ({i: i*2 for i in range(3)}).
+
+TestLink-API-Python-client is now installable under Py26 and Py27.
+To use it under Py26, the module 'argparse' must be installed additionally::
+
+    pip install argparse
+    pip install TestLink-API-Python-client
+    
+
 implement 1.9.9 api changes - getLastExecutionResult #16
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 TestlinkAPIGeneric and TestlinkAPIClient api method getLastExecutionResult() 

README.rst

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ how existing code can be adapted
 TestLink-API-Python-client developers
 -------------------------------------
 *   `James Stock`_, `Olivier Renault`_, `lczub`_
-*   `g4l4drim`_, `pade`_, `anton-matosov`_, `citizen-stig`_
+*   `g4l4drim`_, `pade`_, `anton-matosov`_, `citizen-stig`_, `charz`_
 *   anyone forgotten?
 
 .. _Apache License 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
@@ -102,3 +102,4 @@ TestLink-API-Python-client developers
 .. _lczub: https://github.com/lczub/TestLink-API-Python-client
 .. _anton-matosov: https://github.com/anton-matosov/TestLink-API-Python-client
 .. _citizen-stig: https://github.com/citizen-stig/TestLink-API-Python-client
+.. _charz: https://github.com/charz/TestLink-API-Python-client.git

doc/install.rst

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ TestLink-API-Python-client Installation
 Preconditions
 -------------
 
-Currently only the combination Python 2.7 and TestLink 1.9.8/1.9.9 is tested.
+Currently only the combinations Python 2.6.6/2.7.5 and TestLink 1.9.8/1.9.9 are tested.
 
 - Other combination might work - feedback is welcome :-) 
 
+To use TestLink-API-Python-client under Py26, the module 'argparse' must be 
+installed additionally (Py27 already includes this)::
+
+    pip install argparse
+
 TestLink configuration
 ----------------------
 
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ The source code can be retrieved as source distribution either
 
 Install the archives using pip by running::
 
- pip install TestLink-API-Python-client-0.4.6.zip
+ pip install TestLink-API-Python-client-0.4.7.zip
     
 Installing from source
 ----------------------    

setup.py

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
   'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
   'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-  'Programming Language :: Python',
+  'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
+  'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
   'Topic :: Software Development :: Testing',
   'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
 ]

src/testlink/testlinkapigeneric.py

@@ -1034,11 +1034,10 @@ def _convertPostionalArgs(self, methodName, valueList):
             new_msg = '%s\n expected args: %s' % (new_msg, ', '.join(nameList))
             raise testlinkerrors.TLArgError(new_msg)
 
-        ret = {}
-        for x in range(len(nameList)):
-            ret.update({nameList[x] : valueList[x] })
-
-        return ret
+        # issue #20: Following line works with Py27, but not with Py26
+        # return {nameList[x] : valueList[x] for x in range(len(nameList)) }
+        # this line works with Py26 and Py27 (and is also nice)
+        return dict(zip(nameList, valueList))
 
     def _getAttachmentArgs(self, attachmentfile):
         """ returns dictionary with key/value pairs needed, to transfer 

src/testlink/version.py

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = '0.4.8-dev-20'
+VERSION = '0.4.8-Beta'