Core: Bump to python 3.7 with warnings for old global config variables

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.6
+    - name: Set up Python 3.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.6'
+        python-version: '3.7'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ more details.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Volatility 3 requires Python 3.6.0 or later. To install the most minimal set of dependencies (some plugins will not work) use a command such as:
+Volatility 3 requires Python 3.7.0 or later. To install the most minimal set of dependencies (some plugins will not work) use a command such as:
 
 ```shell
 pip3 install -r requirements-minimal.txt

setup.py

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ from volatility3.framework import constants
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding = "utf-8") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
+
 def get_install_requires():
     requirements = []
-    with open("requirements-minimal.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    with open("requirements-minimal.txt", "r", encoding = "utf-8") as fh:
         for line in fh.readlines():
             stripped_line = line.strip()
             if stripped_line == "" or stripped_line.startswith("#"):
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def get_install_requires():
             requirements.append(stripped_line)
     return requirements
 
+
 setuptools.setup(name = "volatility3",
                  description = "Memory forensics framework",
                  version = constants.PACKAGE_VERSION,
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name = "volatility3",
                      "Documentation": "https://volatility3.readthedocs.io/",
                      "Source Code": "https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3",
                  },
-                 python_requires = '>=3.6.0',
+                 python_requires = '>=3.7.0',
                  include_package_data = True,
                  exclude_package_data = {
                      '': ['development', 'development.*'],

volatility3/framework/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import glob
 import sys
 import zipfile
 
-required_python_version = (3, 6, 0)
+required_python_version = (3, 7, 0)
 if (sys.version_info.major != required_python_version[0] or sys.version_info.minor < required_python_version[1] or
         (sys.version_info.minor == required_python_version[1] and sys.version_info.micro < required_python_version[2])):
     raise RuntimeError(

volatility3/framework/constants/__init__.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ volatility This includes default scanning block sizes, etc.
 import enum
 import os.path
 import sys
+import warnings
 from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 import volatility3.framework.constants.linux
@@ -101,3 +102,23 @@ OFFLINE = False
 
 REMOTE_ISF_URL = None  # 'http://localhost:8000/banners.json'
 """Remote URL to query for a list of ISF addresses"""
+
+###
+# DEPRECATED VALUES
+###
+
+_deprecated_LINUX_BANNERS_FILENAME = os.path.join(CACHE_PATH, 'linux_banners.cache')
+"""This value is deprecated and is no longer used within volatility"""
+
+_deprecated_MAC_BANNERS_PATH = os.path.join(CACHE_PATH, 'mac_banners.cache')
+"""This value is deprecated and is no longer used within volatility"""
+
+_deprecated_IDENTIFIERS_PATH = os.path.join(CACHE_PATH, IDENTIFIERS_FILENAME)
+"""This value is deprecated in favour of CACHE_PATH joined to IDENTIFIER_FILENAME"""
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    deprecated_tag = '_deprecated_'
+    if name in [x[len(deprecated_tag):] for x in globals() if x.startswith(deprecated_tag)]:
+        warnings.warn(f"{name} is deprecated", FutureWarning)
+        return globals()[f"{deprecated_tag}{name}"]