From f2a27acff8fd5d199eda841fd575305c3644c439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Chilton <jmchilton@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:38:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Drop Python 2.6 with 16.04.

xref #1596
---
 doc/source/releases/16.01_announce.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/source/releases/16.01_announce.rst b/doc/source/releases/16.01_announce.rst
index 42077012657..ab0e3444444 100644
--- a/doc/source/releases/16.01_announce.rst
+++ b/doc/source/releases/16.01_announce.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ Upgrade
 
 See `our wiki <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Develop/SourceCode>`__ for additional details regarding the source code locations.
 
+Deprecation Notices
+===========================================================
+
+Barring a strong outcry from deployers, 16.01 will be the last release of Galaxy to
+support Python 2.6. For more information, see Galaxy Github
+`Issue #1596 <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/issues/1596>`_.
+
 .. _eggs: https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/formats.html
 .. _wheels: http://pythonwheels.com/
 .. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/