[build] Build Windows x86 version with py3.7

and remove redundant tests
Closes #390

:ci skip

Co-authored by: pukkandan, shirt-dev

5 files changed, 17 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d4321da0d..70c43f208 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
+    # 3.8 is used for Win7 support
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
           python-version: '3.8'
@@ -137,15 +138,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python 3.4.4 32-Bit
+    # 3.7 is used for Vista support. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/390
+    - name: Set up Python 3.7 32-Bit
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-          python-version: '3.4.4'
+          python-version: '3.7'
           architecture: 'x86'
     - name: Upgrade pip and enable wheel support
-      run: python -m pip install pip==19.1.1 setuptools==43.0.0 wheel==0.33.6
-    - name: Install Requirements for 32 Bit
-      run: pip install pyinstaller==3.5 mutagen==1.42.0 pycryptodome==3.9.4 pefile==2019.4.18
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    - name: Install Requirements
+      run: pip install pyinstaller mutagen pycryptodome
     - name: Bump version
       id: bump_version
       run: python devscripts/update-version.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index abf7739eb..be932275a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-18.04]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7]
+        # py3.9 is in quick-test
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7]
         run-tests-ext: [sh]
         include:
+        # atleast one of the tests must be in windows
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: 3.4  # Windows x86 build is still in 3.4
+          python-version: 3.6
           run-tests-ext: bat
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download.yml b/.github/workflows/download.yml
index 6b24ddd6b..9e650d2dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-18.04]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, pypy-3.6, pypy-3.7]
         run-tests-ext: [sh]
         include:
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: 3.4  # Windows x86 build is still in 3.4
+          python-version: 3.6
           run-tests-ext: bat
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 0edbb4119..9ce9f5378 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
             self.report_warning(
-                'Support for Python version %d.%d have been deprecated and will break in future versions of yt-dlp! '
-                'Update to Python 3.6 or above' % sys.version_info[:2])
+                'Python version %d.%d is not supported! Please update to Python 3.6 or above' % sys.version_info[:2])
 
         def check_deprecated(param, option, suggestion):
             if self.params.get(param) is not None:
diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index c49c78d4b..d3681b832 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -89,13 +89,9 @@ def run_update(ydl):
 
     err = None
     if isinstance(globals().get('__loader__'), zipimporter):
-        # We only support python 3.6 or above
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
-            err = 'This is the last release of yt-dlp for Python version %d.%d! Please update to Python 3.6 or above' % sys.version_info[:2]
+        pass
     elif hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
-        # Python 3.6 supports only vista and above
-        if sys.getwindowsversion()[0] < 6:
-            err = 'This is the last release of yt-dlp for your version of Windows. Please update to Windows Vista or above'
+        pass
     else:
         err = 'It looks like you installed yt-dlp with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Please use that to update'
     if err: