Required updates for conda builds (#61)

* update to jupyter_client requirement to be more flexible owing to incompatibilities with newer notebooks installs

* update conda version being used on backend

* test removal of support for python 3.5

* Update to README to reflect removal of Python 3.5 support, addition of update to kdb retreival to allow new retrieval location

* addition of build agreement in conda_build.bat

Co-authored-by: Conor McCarthy <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ Jupyter kernel for kdb+. Features include
 ## Requirements
 
 - kdb+ ≥ v3.5 64-bit
-- Python ≥ 3.5
+- Python ≥ 3.6
 - [embedPy](https://github.com/KxSystems/embedPy)
 
+**Note:**
+
+As of September 5, 2020. Python 3.5 has reached end of life as indicated [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3510/). As such official support for this Python Version has been removed in favour of updates to support Python 3.8.
 
 ## Overview
 

build/conda_build.bat

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rmdir /S /Q C:\projects\jupyterq\q\
 call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
 conda install -y "conda-build"                                       || goto :error
 conda install -y anaconda-client conda                               || goto :error
+conda update -y --all                                                || goto :error
 :: set up requirements from requirements.txt
 python -c "print('|'.join([line.strip('\n')for line in open('requirements.txt')]))" > reqs.txt
 set /P JUPYTERQ_REQS=<reqs.txt

build/getkdb.bat

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-curl -fsSOJL %W64%
+curl -fsSJL %W64%
 mkdir q
 7z x w64.zip -oq
 echo|set /P =%QLIC_KC% >q\kc.lic.enc

conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 python:
-  - 3.5 [unix]
   - 3.6
   - 3.7
   - 3.8

tests/requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pytest
 jupyter_kernel_test
-jupyter_client==5.2.3
+jupyter_client>=5.2.3