Remove Python 3.6 support

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
 # - test runs with USE_EMAIL_USER_MODEL=yes and DISABLE_TIMEZONE=yes
 
 # Current configuration:
-# - django 3.0, python 3.6, sqlite
+# - django 3.0, python 3.7, sqlite
 # - django 3.1, python 3.7, postgres
 # - django 3.2, python 3.8, postgres
 # - django 3.2, python 3.9, mysql
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 # - django 3.2, python 3.10, postgres, DISABLE_TIMEZONE=yes
 # - django stable/3.2.x, python 3.9, postgres (allow failures)
 # - django main, python 3.10, postgres (allow failures)
-# - elasticsearch 5, django 3.0, python 3.6, sqlite
+# - elasticsearch 5, django 3.0, python 3.7, sqlite
 # - elasticsearch 6, django 3.1, python 3.7, postgres
 # - elasticsearch 7, django 3.2, python 3.8, postgres
 # - elasticsearch 7, django 3.2, python 3.9, sqlite, USE_EMAIL_USER_MODEL=yes
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python: "3.6"
+          - python: "3.7"
             django: "Django>=3.0,<3.1"
           - python: "3.10"
             django: "Django>=3.1,<3.2"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python: "3.6"
+          - python: "3.7"
             django: "Django>=3.0,<3.1"
     steps:
       - name: Configure sysctl limits

README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _(If you are reading this on GitHub, the details here may not be indicative of t
 Wagtail supports:
 
 * Django 3.0.x, 3.1.x and 3.2.x
-* Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10
+* Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10
 * PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite as database backends
 
 [Previous versions of Wagtail](https://docs.wagtail.io/en/stable/releases/upgrading.html#compatible-django-python-versions) additionally supported Python 2.7 and Django 1.x - 2.x.

docs/contributing/developing.rst

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ an argument to ``runtests.py`` or ``tox``:
     $ python runtests.py wagtail.core
 
     $ # Running in a specified Tox environment
-    $ tox -e py36-dj22-sqlite-noelasticsearch wagtail.core
+    $ tox -e py39-dj32-sqlite-noelasticsearch wagtail.core
 
     $ # See a list of available Tox environments
     $ tox -l
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ an argument to ``runtests.py``
     $ python runtests.py wagtail.core.tests.test_blocks.TestIntegerBlock
 
     $ # Running in a specified Tox environment
-    $ tox -e py36-dj22-sqlite-noelasticsearch wagtail.core.tests.test_blocks.TestIntegerBlock
+    $ tox -e py39-dj32-sqlite-noelasticsearch wagtail.core.tests.test_blocks.TestIntegerBlock
 
 Running migrations for the test app models
 ------------------------------------------

docs/getting_started/tutorial.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ### Install dependencies
 
-Wagtail supports Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10.
+Wagtail supports Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10.
 
 To check whether you have an appropriate version of Python 3:
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To check whether you have an appropriate version of Python 3:
 $ python3 --version
 ```
 
-If this does not return a version number or returns a version lower than 3.6, you will need to [install Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
+If this does not return a version number or returns a version lower than 3.7, you will need to [install Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
 
 ```eval_rst
 .. important::

docs/releases/2.16.md

@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@
 
 
 ## Upgrade considerations
+
+### Removed support for Python 3.6
+
+Python 3.6 is no longer supported as of this release; please upgrade to Python 3.7 or above before upgrading Wagtail.

docs/releases/upgrading.rst

@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ The compatible versions of Django and Python for each Wagtail release are:
 +-------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+
 | 2.15 LTS          | 3.0, 3.1, 3.2                | 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10    |
 +-------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| 2.16              | 3.0, 3.1, 3.2                | 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10    |
+| 2.16              | 3.0, 3.1, 3.2                | 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10         |
 +-------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+

setup.py

@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/.",
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/.",
         'Framework :: Wagtail',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require={
         'testing': testing_extras,

tox.ini

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 skipsdist = True
 usedevelop = True
 
-envlist = py{36,37,38,39,310}-dj{30,31,32,32stable,main}-{sqlite,postgres,mysql,mssql}-{elasticsearch7,elasticsearch6,elasticsearch5,noelasticsearch}-{customuser,emailuser}-{tz,notz},
+envlist = py{37,38,39,310}-dj{30,31,32,32stable,main}-{sqlite,postgres,mysql,mssql}-{elasticsearch7,elasticsearch6,elasticsearch5,noelasticsearch}-{customuser,emailuser}-{tz,notz},
 
 [testenv]
 install_command = pip install -e ".[testing]" -U {opts} {packages}
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ commands =
     noelasticsearch: coverage run runtests.py {posargs}
 
 basepython =
-    py36: python3.6
     py37: python3.7
     py38: python3.8
     py39: python3.9
@@ -59,6 +58,6 @@ setenv =
     mssql: DATABASE_PASSWORD=Password12!
 
 [testenv:flake8]
-basepython=python3.6
+basepython=python3.7
 deps=flake8>=3.6.0
 commands=flake8