# Revert 6700a8dfaeb1e303955acc05dabd245b9ae3c97e

Bug 1622963 - Require python 3.6 for the build system. r=firefox-build-system-reviewers,rstewart

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D77754

diff -r ede1c973aa85 build/moz.configure/init.configure
--- a/build/moz.configure/init.configure	Sun Jun 14 02:41:45 2020 +0000
+++ b/build/moz.configure/init.configure	Sun Jun 14 19:10:48 2020 +0200
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 # Python 3
 # ========
 
-option(env='PYTHON3', nargs=1, help='Python 3 interpreter (3.6 or later)')
+option(env='PYTHON3', nargs=1, help='Python 3 interpreter (3.5 or later)')
 
 option(env='VIRTUALENV_NAME', nargs=1, default='init_py3',
        help='Name of the in-objdir virtualenv')
@@ -334,20 +334,20 @@
                                   '(%s): %s' % (python, e))
     else:
         # Fall back to the search routine.
-        python, version = find_python3_executable(min_version='3.6.0')
+        python, version = find_python3_executable(min_version='3.5.0')
 
         # The API returns a bytes whereas everything in configure is unicode.
         if python:
             python = ensure_text(python)
 
     if not python:
-        raise FatalCheckError('Python 3.6 or newer is required to build. '
+        raise FatalCheckError('Python 3.5 or newer is required to build. '
                               'Ensure a `python3.x` executable is in your '
                               'PATH or define PYTHON3 to point to a Python '
-                              '3.6 executable.')
+                              '3.5 executable.')
 
-    if version < (3, 6, 0):
-        raise FatalCheckError('Python 3.6 or newer is required to build; '
+    if version < (3, 5, 0):
+        raise FatalCheckError('Python 3.5 or newer is required to build; '
                               '%s is Python %d.%d' % (python, version[0],
                                                       version[1]))
 
diff -r ede1c973aa85 python/mozbuild/mozbuild/pythonutil.py
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/pythonutil.py	Sun Jun 14 02:41:45 2020 +0000
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/pythonutil.py	Sun Jun 14 19:10:48 2020 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 def _find_python_executable(major):
     if major not in (2, 3):
         raise ValueError('Expected a Python major version of 2 or 3')
-    min_versions = {2: '2.7.0', 3: '3.6.0'}
+    min_versions = {2: '2.7.0', 3: '3.5.0'}
 
     def ret(min_version=min_versions[major]):
         from mozfile import which
diff -r ede1c973aa85 python/mozbuild/mozbuild/virtualenv.py
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/virtualenv.py	Sun Jun 14 02:41:45 2020 +0000
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/virtualenv.py	Sun Jun 14 19:10:48 2020 +0200
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
     major, minor, micro = sys.version_info[:3]
     minimum_python_versions = {
         2: LooseVersion('2.7.3'),
-        3: LooseVersion('3.6.0'),
+        3: LooseVersion('3.5.0'),
     }
     our = LooseVersion('%d.%d.%d' % (major, minor, micro))