Lower min version of six required

This change should allow installation of virtualenv on systems
with older six where their LTS support may prevent them from
upgrading it.

docs/changelog/1606.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Lower minimal version of six required to 1.9 - by ``ssbarnea``

setup.cfg

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ install_requires =
     appdirs>=1.4.3,<2
     distlib>=0.3.0,<1
     filelock>=3.0.0,<4
-    six>=1.12.0,<2
+    six>=1.9.0,<2   # keep it >=1.9.0 as it may cause problems on LTS platforms
     contextlib2>=0.6.0,<1;python_version<"3.3"
     importlib-metadata>=0.12,<2;python_version<"3.8"
     importlib-resources>=1.0,<2;python_version<"3.7"

src/virtualenv/__main__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 
-import six
+from virtualenv.util.six import ensure_text
 
 
 def run(args=None, options=None):
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def run(args=None, options=None):
         logging.warning(
             "created virtual environment in %.0fms %s with seeder %s",
             (datetime.now() - start).total_seconds() * 1000,
-            six.ensure_text(str(session.creator)),
-            six.ensure_text(str(session.seeder)),
+            ensure_text(str(session.creator)),
+            ensure_text(str(session.seeder)),
         )
     except ProcessCallFailed as exception:
         print("subprocess call failed for {}".format(exception.cmd))

src/virtualenv/activation/activator.py

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
-import six
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
 class Activator(object):
     """Generates an activate script for the virtual environment"""
 

src/virtualenv/activation/python/__init__.py

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 import os
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.info import WIN_CPYTHON_2
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import ensure_text
 
 from ..via_template import ViaTemplateActivator
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):
         lib_folders = OrderedDict((os.path.relpath(str(i), str(dest_folder)), None) for i in creator.libs)
         replacements.update(
             {
-                "__LIB_FOLDERS__": six.ensure_text(os.pathsep.join(lib_folders.keys())),
+                "__LIB_FOLDERS__": ensure_text(os.pathsep.join(lib_folders.keys())),
                 "__DECODE_PATH__": ("yes" if WIN_CPYTHON_2 else ""),
             }
         )
@@ -30,5 +29,5 @@ def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):
     def _repr_unicode(creator, value):
         py2 = creator.interpreter.version_info.major == 2
         if py2:  # on Python 2 we need to encode this into explicit utf-8, py3 supports unicode literals
-            value = six.ensure_text(repr(value.encode("utf-8"))[1:-1])
+            value = ensure_text(repr(value.encode("utf-8"))[1:-1])
         return value

src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
-import six
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
 
 from .activator import Activator
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     from importlib_resources import read_text
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
 class ViaTemplateActivator(Activator):
     @abstractmethod
     def templates(self):
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ def generate(self, creator):
     def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):
         return {
             "__VIRTUAL_PROMPT__": "" if self.flag_prompt is None else self.flag_prompt,
-            "__VIRTUAL_ENV__": six.ensure_text(str(creator.dest)),
+            "__VIRTUAL_ENV__": ensure_text(str(creator.dest)),
             "__VIRTUAL_NAME__": creator.env_name,
-            "__BIN_NAME__": six.ensure_text(str(creator.bin_dir.relative_to(creator.dest))),
-            "__PATH_SEP__": six.ensure_text(os.pathsep),
+            "__BIN_NAME__": ensure_text(str(creator.bin_dir.relative_to(creator.dest))),
+            "__PATH_SEP__": ensure_text(os.pathsep),
         }
 
     def _generate(self, replacements, templates, to_folder, creator):

src/virtualenv/config/env_var.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-import six
+from virtualenv.util.six import ensure_str, ensure_text
 
 from .convert import convert
 
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ def get_env_var(key, as_type):
     :param as_type: the type we would like to convert it to
     :return:
     """
-    environ_key = six.ensure_str("VIRTUALENV_{}".format(key.upper()))
+    environ_key = ensure_str("VIRTUALENV_{}".format(key.upper()))
     if os.environ.get(environ_key):
         value = os.environ[environ_key]
         # noinspection PyBroadException
         try:
-            source = "env var {}".format(six.ensure_text(environ_key))
+            source = "env var {}".format(ensure_text(environ_key))
             as_type = convert(value, as_type, source)
             return as_type, source
         except Exception:  # note the converter already logs a warning when failures happen

src/virtualenv/config/ini.py

@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.dirs import default_config_dir
 from virtualenv.info import PY3
 from virtualenv.util import ConfigParser
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import ensure_str
 
 from .convert import convert
 
 
 class IniConfig(object):
-    VIRTUALENV_CONFIG_FILE_ENV_VAR = six.ensure_str("VIRTUALENV_CONFIG_FILE")
+    VIRTUALENV_CONFIG_FILE_ENV_VAR = ensure_str("VIRTUALENV_CONFIG_FILE")
     STATE = {None: "failed to parse", True: "active", False: "missing"}
 
     section = "virtualenv"

src/virtualenv/create/creator.py

@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from stat import S_IWUSR
 
-import six
-from six import add_metaclass
-
 from virtualenv.discovery.cached_py_info import LogCmd
 from virtualenv.info import WIN_CPYTHON_2
 from virtualenv.pyenv_cfg import PyEnvCfg
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass, ensure_str, ensure_text
 from virtualenv.util.subprocess import run_cmd
 from virtualenv.util.zipapp import ensure_file_on_disk
 from virtualenv.version import __version__
@@ -43,14 +41,14 @@ def __init__(self, options, interpreter):
         self.pyenv_cfg = PyEnvCfg.from_folder(self.dest)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return six.ensure_str(self.__unicode__())
+        return ensure_str(self.__unicode__())
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return "{}({})".format(self.__class__.__name__, ", ".join("{}={}".format(k, v) for k, v in self._args()))
 
     def _args(self):
         return [
-            ("dest", six.ensure_text(str(self.dest))),
+            ("dest", ensure_text(str(self.dest))),
             ("clear", self.clear),
         ]
 
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ def non_write_able(dest, value):
         encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
         refused = OrderedDict()
         kwargs = {"errors": "ignore"} if encoding != "mbcs" else {}
-        for char in six.ensure_text(raw_value):
+        for char in ensure_text(raw_value):
             try:
                 trip = char.encode(encoding, **kwargs).decode(encoding)
                 if trip == char:
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ def non_write_able(dest, value):
         value = dest
         while dest:
             if dest.exists():
-                if os.access(six.ensure_text(str(dest)), os.W_OK):
+                if os.access(ensure_text(str(dest)), os.W_OK):
                     break
                 else:
                     non_write_able(dest, value)
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ def get_env_debug_info(env_exe, debug_script):
     with ensure_file_on_disk(debug_script) as debug_script:
         cmd = [str(env_exe), str(debug_script)]
         if WIN_CPYTHON_2:
-            cmd = [six.ensure_text(i) for i in cmd]
+            cmd = [ensure_text(i) for i in cmd]
         logging.debug(str("debug via %r"), LogCmd(cmd))
         code, out, err = run_cmd(cmd)
 

src/virtualenv/create/describe.py

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
-
 from virtualenv.info import IS_WIN
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
 
 
 @add_metaclass(ABCMeta)

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/api.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from abc import ABCMeta
 
-from six import add_metaclass
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from ..creator import Creator
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/builtin_way.py

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 from abc import ABCMeta
 
-from six import add_metaclass
-
 from virtualenv.create.creator import Creator
 from virtualenv.create.describe import Describe
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 
 @add_metaclass(ABCMeta)

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/common.py

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from six import add_metaclass
-
 from virtualenv.create.describe import PosixSupports, WindowsSupports
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from ..via_global_self_do import ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/cpython2.py

@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@
 import abc
 import logging
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from ..python2.python2 import Python2
 from .common import CPython, CPythonPosix, CPythonWindows
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class CPython2(CPython, Python2):
     """Create a CPython version 2  virtual environment"""
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/cpython3.py

@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.describe import Python3Supports
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from .common import CPython, CPythonPosix, CPythonWindows
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class CPython3(CPython, Python3Supports):
     """"""
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/common.py

@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from ..via_global_self_do import ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class PyPy(ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin):
     @classmethod
     def can_describe(cls, interpreter):

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/pypy2.py

@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
 import abc
 import logging
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.describe import PosixSupports, WindowsSupports
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from ..python2.python2 import Python2
 from .common import PyPy
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class PyPy2(PyPy, Python2):
     """"""
 

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/pypy3.py

@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 import abc
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.describe import PosixSupports, Python3Supports, WindowsSupports
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass
 
 from .common import PyPy
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class PyPy3(PyPy, Python3Supports):
     @classmethod
     def exe_stem(cls):

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/python2/python2.py

@@ -4,20 +4,19 @@
 import json
 import os
 
-import six
-
 from virtualenv.create.describe import Python2Supports
 from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.ref import PathRefToDest
 from virtualenv.info import IS_ZIPAPP
 from virtualenv.util.path import Path
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
 from virtualenv.util.zipapp import read as read_from_zipapp
 
 from ..via_global_self_do import ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin
 
 HERE = Path(os.path.abspath(__file__)).parent
 
 
-@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
+@add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class Python2(ViaGlobalRefVirtualenvBuiltin, Python2Supports):
     def create(self):
         """Perform operations needed to make the created environment work on Python 2"""
@@ -30,9 +29,7 @@ def create(self):
             custom_site_text = read_from_zipapp(custom_site)
         else:
             custom_site_text = custom_site.read_text()
-        expected = json.dumps(
-            [os.path.relpath(six.ensure_text(str(i)), six.ensure_text(str(site_py))) for i in self.libs]
-        )
+        expected = json.dumps([os.path.relpath(ensure_text(str(i)), ensure_text(str(site_py))) for i in self.libs])
         site_py.write_text(custom_site_text.replace("___EXPECTED_SITE_PACKAGES___", expected))
 
     @classmethod

src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/ref.py

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from stat import S_IXGRP, S_IXOTH, S_IXUSR
 
-from six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
-
 from virtualenv.info import PY3, fs_is_case_sensitive, fs_supports_symlink
 from virtualenv.util.path import copy, link, make_exe, symlink
+from virtualenv.util.six import add_metaclass, ensure_text
 
 
 @add_metaclass(ABCMeta)