separate checks for Python version numbers for 2 and 3

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 94292361c..6e8119065 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ import sys
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6):
-    raise RuntimeError('Requires Python 2.6 or better')
+py_version = sys.version_info[:2]
 
-PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+PY3 = py_version[0] == 3
+
+if PY3:
+    if py_version < (3, 2):
+        raise RuntimeError('On Python 3, Pyramid requires Python 3.2 or better')
+else:
+    if py_version < (2, 6):
+        raise RuntimeError('On Python 2, Pyramid requires Python 2.6 or better')
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 try: