Python 3.10 is now required

Author: puremourning

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: 17
         distribution: 'adopt'
+
     - name: Install Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: '3.10'
+
     - name: Install Go
       if: matrix.benchmark == false
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2

README.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ tests][test-setup].**
 
 This is all for Ubuntu Linux. Details on getting ycmd running on other OS's can
 be found in [YCM's instructions][ycm-install] (ignore the Vim-specific parts).
-Note that **ycmd runs on Python 3.6.0+.**
+Note that **ycmd runs on Python 3.10.0+.**
 
 First, install the minimal dependencies:
 ```

build.py

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ def Exit( self ):
 IS_64BIT = sys.maxsize > 2**32
 PY_MAJOR, PY_MINOR = sys.version_info[ 0 : 2 ]
 PY_VERSION = sys.version_info[ 0 : 3 ]
-if PY_VERSION < ( 3, 6, 0 ):
-  sys.exit( 'ycmd requires Python >= 3.6.0; '
+if PY_VERSION < ( 3, 10, 0 ):
+  sys.exit( 'ycmd requires Python >= 3.10.0; '
             'your version of Python is ' + sys.version +
             '\nHint: Try running python3 ' + ' '.join( sys.argv ) )
 

examples/example_client.py

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import sys
-import platform
-if sys.version_info[ 0 ] < 3:
-  sys.exit( 'example_client.py requires Python 3.6+; detected Python ' +
-            platform.python_version() )
+
+PY_VERSION = sys.version_info[ 0 : 3 ]
+if PY_VERSION < ( 3, 10, 0 ):
+  sys.exit( 'ycmd requires Python >= 3.10.0; '
+            'your version of Python is ' + sys.version +
+            '\nHint: Try running python3 ' + ' '.join( sys.argv ) )
 
 from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
 from hmac import compare_digest, new

ycmd/__main__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-if sys.version_info[ 0 ] < 3:
+PY_VERSION = sys.version_info[ 0 : 3 ]
+if PY_VERSION < ( 3, 10, 0 ):
   sys.exit( 8 )
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath( os.path.join( os.path.dirname( __file__ ), '..' ) )