How to write Python code that is able to properly require a minimal python version?

Question

I would like to see if there is any way of requiring a minimal python version.

I have several python modules that are requiring Python 2.6 due to the new exception handl

Answer 1

import sys
if sys.hexversion < 0x02060000:
    sys.exit("Python 2.6 or newer is required to run this program.")

import module_requiring_26

Also the cool part about this is that it can be included inside the __init__ file or the module.