[SPARK-1990] spark-ec2 should only need Python 2.6, not 2.7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2, 1.0.1, 1.1.0
• Labels: Starter
• Assignee: Anant Daksh Asthana
• Reporter: Matei Alexandru Zaharia
• Created: 02/Jun/14 01:55
• Updated: 17/Jun/14 22:11
• Resolved: 17/Jun/14 22:11

Description

There were some posts on the lists that spark-ec2 does not work with Python 2.6. In addition, we should check the Python version at the top of the script and exit if it's too old.