From 857ef4b3cf036ccdb51c85246d846c9875c97b79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dougal Matthews <dougal@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:09:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Start the deprecation of Python 2.6 support

See #165
---
 docs/about/release-notes.md |  1 +
 mkdocs/__init__.py          | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
index 18aaccb7..e87c222d 100644
--- a/docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ themes
 ### Other Changes and Additions
 
 * Fix issues when using absolute links to Markdown files. (#628)
+* Deprecate support of Python 2.6, pending removal in 0.16.0. (#165)
 * Add support for [site_description] and [site_author] to the [ReadTheDocs]
   theme. (#631)
 * Bugfix: Ensure consistent ordering of auto-populated pages. (#638)
diff --git a/mkdocs/__init__.py b/mkdocs/__init__.py
index ebec28b3..7daec052 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__init__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf-8
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    sys.stderr.write(("WARNING: Support for Python 2.6 will be dropped in the "
+                      "0.16.0 release of MkDocs\n\n"))
+
 __version__ = '0.15.0.dev'