- raise error if the Python used is too old

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 068e1ff..ce08e7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
-# $Id: setup.py,v 1.13 2004/06/02 21:11:06 jajcus Exp $
+# $Id: setup.py,v 1.14 2004/06/02 21:20:16 jajcus Exp $
 
 import os.path
 import sys
 
+if sys.hexversion<0x02030000:
+    raise ImportError,"Python 2.3 or newer is required"
+
 if not os.path.exists(os.path.join("pyxmpp","version.py")):
     print >>sys.stderr,"You need to run 'make' to use pyxmpp from CVS"
     sys.exit(1)