diff --git a/CODING b/CODING
index a91447f..0f9f1ef 100644
--- a/CODING
+++ b/CODING
@@ -99,42 +99,45 @@ Release process instructions
 ============================
 
 * use "api_coverage.py --python elementary" to see the missing bindings
-* Announce at enlightenment-release@lists.sourceforge.net and
-  enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net that you are planning for the release
-* Change versions in efl/__init__.py (ex: 1.9.0)
+
+* Change versions in efl/__init__.py (ex: 1.9.0), if needed also update 
+  EFL_MIN_VER in setup.py
+
 * Update the ChangeLog file:
-    setup.py build_doc -b changes ...and manually merge from the html file
-* Git push and wait jenkins to generate the tarballs and the documentation
-  JENKIS IS DEAD :(  these are the manual instructions:
-    * setup.py sdist --formats gztar,xztar
-    * (cd dist) sha256sum python-efl-1.9.0.tar.xz > python-efl-1.9.0.tar.xz.sha256
-    * setup.py build_doc (check that inheritance graphs are there)
+  setup.py build_doc -b changes ...and manually merge from the html file
+
+* Generate the source and binary distribution:
+  - make maintainer-clean  (just to be sure nothing is cached)
+  - make dist
+
 * Test the generated tarballs
-* scp tarballs & md5sums to:
-  download.enlightenment.org:/srv/web/download.enlightenment.org/pre-releases/
-* Announce at enlightenment-release@lists.sourceforge.net and
-  enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net that tarballs are ready for testing
+  - the tar.gz should work by extracting and running: python setup.py install
+  - the wheel should be installable using: pip install dist/python-efl-xxxx.whl
 
-... wait 24 hours, fix any issues found. In the mean time you can prepare the
-    release announcement for phame/ml.
+* Publish the two tarballs on e.org:
+  - scp tarballs & md5sums to:
+    download.enlightenment.org:/srv/web/download.enlightenment.org/rel/bindings/python/
+  - update download link on the wiki (www.enlightenment.org/download)
+
+* Pubish the .tar.gz archive to pypi:
+  - python setup.py sdist upload (need ~/.pypirc)
+  - TODO !!!!!!!
+
+* Documentation:
+  - make doc (check that inheritance graphs are there)
+  - scp the generated html documentation to:
+    download.enlightenment.org:/srv/web/docs.enlightenment.org/python-efl/1.9.0/
+  - update the 'current' link on the server (ssh)
 
-* ssh to download.enlightenment.org and mv tarballs & md5sums to:
-    /srv/web/download.enlightenment.org/rel/bindings/python/
-* Upload the .tar.gz archive to pypi:
-   - NOTE: pypi is migrating to pypi.org domain, you must work on the new one
-   - python setup.py sdist upload (need ~/.pypirc)
-   - more info at https://packaging.python.org/guides/migrating-to-pypi-org/
 * Create and push the tag for the release
-    git tag -a v1.9.0 && git push origin v1.9.0
+  - git tag -a v1.9.0 && git push origin v1.9.0
+
 * Create and push the branch for stable backporting
     git branch python-efl-1.9 && git push origin python-efl-1.9
-* scp the jenkins generated html documentation to:
-  download.enlightenment.org:/srv/web/docs.enlightenment.org/python-efl/1.XX.0/
-  and update the 'current' link on the server (ssh)
-* Update download link on the wiki (www.enlightenment.org/download)
-* Publish the blog post on phame (Official Announcements)
+
 * Announce the release to release@lists.enlightenment.org and
   enlightenment-release@lists.sourceforge.net
+
 * Change versions again in efl/__init__.py (ex: 1.9.99)
 
 more info at:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f0a7f7..44ecacb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+===================
+TO BE DONE  v1.26.0
+===================
+
+Changes:
+ * Switched to setuptools for the build system (can now install from pip again)
+ * Dropped py2.6 support, minimum is now 2.7
+ * Deprecated python2 support, with a big-fat-slow warning
+
 
 ===================
 2020-09-24  v1.25.0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76d5bff..9d0a7d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,5 +61,8 @@ maintainer-clean:
 .PHONY: dist
 dist:
 	$(PY) setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,xztar
-
-
+	$(PY) setup.py bdist_wheel
+	@cd dist/; for f in `ls *.tar.*` ; do \
+	echo Generating sha256 for: $$f ; \
+	sha256sum $$f > $$f.sha256; \
+	done
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 11b9968..8ec8118 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import unittest
@@ -55,9 +56,17 @@ sys.stdout.write('Python-EFL: %s\n' % RELEASE)
 sys.stdout.write('Checking for Python: ')
 py_ver = sys.version_info
 py_ver = '%s.%s.%s' % (py_ver[0], py_ver[1], py_ver[2])
-if sys.hexversion < 0x020600f0:
-    raise SystemExit('too old. Found: %s  Need at least 2.6.0' % py_ver)
+if sys.hexversion < 0x020700f0:
+    raise SystemExit('too old. Found: %s  Need at least 2.7.0' % py_ver)
 sys.stdout.write('OK, found %s\n' % py_ver)
+if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+    print(
+        '\n'
+        'WARNING: Python 2 support is deprecated and will be removed soon.\n'
+        '         You should really upgrade to python 3, NOW !\n'
+        '         ...you have been warned, continue at your own risk.\n'
+    )
+    time.sleep(5)  # you really need to read the above message :P
 
 
 # === use cython or pre-generated C files ===