[update] Prepare to remove Python 3.6 support

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/update.py b/yt_dlp/update.py
index 7f15aa211..92c07acc1 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/update.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/update.py
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ class Updater:
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def _tag(self):
-        latest = self._get_version_info('latest')['tag_name']
-        if version_tuple(__version__) >= version_tuple(latest):
+        if version_tuple(__version__) >= version_tuple(self.latest_version):
             return 'latest'
 
         identifier = f'{detect_variant()} {system_identifier()}'
@@ -113,10 +112,17 @@ class Updater:
 
     @property
     def new_version(self):
-        """Version of the latest release"""
+        """Version of the latest release we can update to"""
+        if self._tag.startswith('tags/'):
+            return self._tag[5:]
         return self._get_version_info(self._tag)['tag_name']
 
     @property
+    def latest_version(self):
+        """Version of the latest release"""
+        return self._get_version_info('latest')['tag_name']
+
+    @property
     def has_update(self):
         """Whether there is an update available"""
         return version_tuple(__version__) < version_tuple(self.new_version)
@@ -161,13 +167,15 @@ class Updater:
         """Report whether there is an update available"""
         try:
             self.ydl.to_screen(
-                f'Latest version: {self.new_version}, Current version: {self.current_version}')
+                f'Latest version: {self.latest_version}, Current version: {self.current_version}')
+            if not self.has_update:
+                if self._tag == 'latest':
+                    return self.ydl.to_screen(f'yt-dlp is up to date ({__version__})')
+                return self.ydl.report_warning(
+                    'yt-dlp cannot be updated any further since you are on an older Python version')
         except Exception:
             return self._report_network_error('obtain version info', delim='; Please try again later or')
 
-        if not self.has_update:
-            return self.ydl.to_screen(f'yt-dlp is up to date ({__version__})')
-
         if not is_non_updateable():
             self.ydl.to_screen(f'Current Build Hash {_sha256_file(self.filename)}')
         return True