Modified test suite to get it to work with Python 2.6.

Dropped support of Python 2.5

bin/weedb/test/test_weedb.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Common(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_create(self):
         self.populate_db()
         _connect = weedb.connect(self.db_dict)
-        self.assertItemsEqual(_connect.tables(), ['test1', 'test2'])
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(_connect.tables()), ['test1', 'test2'])
         self.assertEqual(_connect.columnsOf('test1'), ['dateTime', 'min', 'mintime', 'max', 'maxtime', 'sum', 'count', 'descript'])
         self.assertEqual(_connect.columnsOf('test2'), ['dateTime', 'min', 'mintime', 'max', 'maxtime', 'sum', 'count', 'descript'])
         for icol, col in enumerate(_connect.genSchemaOf('test1')):
@@ -125,12 +125,10 @@ class Common(unittest.TestCase):
         _cursor = _connect.cursor()
         
         # Test SELECT on a bad table name
-        with self.assertRaises(weedb.ProgrammingError):
-            _cursor.execute("SELECT dateTime, min FROM foo")
+        self.assertRaises(weedb.ProgrammingError, _cursor.execute, "SELECT dateTime, min FROM foo")
 
         # Test SELECT on a bad column name
-        with self.assertRaises(weedb.OperationalError): 
-            _cursor.execute("SELECT dateTime, foo FROM test1")
+        self.assertRaises(weedb.OperationalError, _cursor.execute, "SELECT dateTime, foo FROM test1")
         
         _cursor.close()
         _connect.close()
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ class Common(unittest.TestCase):
         _row = _cursor.fetchone()
         _cursor.close()
         _connect.close()
-        self.assertIsNone(_row, msg="Rollback")
+        self.assertEqual(_row, None, msg="Rollback")
 
     def test_transaction(self):
         # Create the database and schema
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ class Common(unittest.TestCase):
         _row = _cursor.fetchone()
         _cursor.close()
         _connect.close()
-        self.assertIsNone(_row, msg="Transaction")
+        self.assertEqual(_row, None, msg="Transaction")
 
 
 

docs/changes.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ weewx change history
 
 X.X.X XX/XX/XX
 
+Python 2.5 is no longer supported. You may be able to get it to work, but it
+is no longer tested.
+
 The tag $hour has now been added. It's now possible to iterate over hours.
 Thanks to user Julen!
 

docs/setup.htm

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 <h2>Install Prerequisites</h2>
 
-<p>Ensure that Python2 is installed. Python 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7 will work,
+<p>Ensure that Python2 is installed. Python 2.6 or 2.7 will work,
     but Python 3 will not.</p>
 <pre class='tty cmd'>python -V</pre>
 <p>Then install required python packages using the package management

docs/usersguide.htm

@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ Version: 3.3.1
 
     <p>I run <span class="code">weewx</span> on a Fit-PC with a 500 MHz AMD
         Geode processor and 512 MB of memory. Configured this way, it
-        consumes about 5% of the CPU, 80 MB of virtual memory,
+        consumes about 5% of the CPU, 100 MB of virtual memory,
         and 20 MB of real memory. </p>
 
     <p>Weewx also runs great on a Raspberry Pi, although report generation will take longer.
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ Version: 3.3.1
 
     <h2>Python</h2>
 
-    <p>Python 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7 is required. Python 3 will not work.</p>
+    <p>Python 2.6 or 2.7 is required. <a href="#python2_5">Python 2.5</a> may work with some fiddling,
+        but has not been tested. Python 3 definitely will not work.</p>
 
     <h1 id="installing">Installing <span class="code">weewx</span></h1>
 
@@ -5102,11 +5103,11 @@ Dec 31 17:01:06 arm weewx[18141]: **** Exiting.</pre>
         <span class='code'>--fix</span> to have the utility fix them:</p>
     <pre class="tty cmd">wee_database weewx.conf --string-check --fix</pre>
 
-    <h3>Python 2.5</h3>
+    <h3 id="python2_5">Python 2.5</h3>
 
-    <p>Weewx should work with Python version 2.5, but it may take some fiddling
-        to get it to work. Later versions of Python come with pysqlite and
-        PIL already installed. You may have to do this yourself. Here is
+    <p>Weewx is no longer tested on Python version 2.5. What follows are some clues on how
+        to get it to work. You might get lucky.</p>
+    <p>You may have to install pysqlite and PIL. Here is
         how to do it with <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#python-2-4-and-python-2-5-support">
             <span class='code'>easy_install</span></a>, but you may be
         able to use <span class='code'>apt-get</span> or other tools, depending on