From 4a23fa66297eb19226b6220ba3eb258f34969dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vrde <agranzot@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 09:15:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Problem: Python version not check before running (#2179)
 (#2280)

Solution: Check python version
---
 setup.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 532e283c..5daeb28b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ For full docs visit https://docs.bigchaindb.com
 
 """
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import sys
 
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
+    sys.exit('Please use Python version 3.6 or higher.')
+
 # get the version
 version = {}
 with open('bigchaindb/version.py') as fp:
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='dev@bigchaindb.com',
     license='Apache Software License 2.0',
     zip_safe=False,
-
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',