Bumped minimum Python version requirement to 2.7 in Django 1.7.

5 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5ae2b26900..92be6da650 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Thanks for downloading Django.
 
-To install it, make sure you have Python 2.6 or greater installed. Then run
+To install it, make sure you have Python 2.7 or greater installed. Then run
 this command from the command prompt:
 
     python setup.py install
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ site-packages directory, which is located wherever your Python installation
 lives. Some places you might check are:
 
     /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.7)
-    /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages (Unix, Python 2.6)
     C:\\PYTHON\site-packages         (Windows)
 
 For more detailed instructions, see docs/intro/install.txt.
diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt
index 2c7c35299b..be45012961 100644
--- a/docs/faq/install.txt
+++ b/docs/faq/install.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ How do I get started?
 What are Django's prerequisites?
 --------------------------------
 
-Django requires Python, specifically Python 2.6.5 - 2.7.x, or 3.2.3 and above.
-No other Python libraries are required for basic Django usage.
+Django requires Python, specifically Python 2.7 or 3.2 and above. No other
+Python libraries are required for basic Django usage.
 
 For a development environment -- if you just want to experiment with Django --
 you don't need to have a separate Web server installed; Django comes with its
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Django version Python versions
 1.3            2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
 1.4            2.5, 2.6, 2.7
 1.5            2.6, 2.7 and 3.2, 3.3 (experimental)
-**1.6**        **2.6, 2.7** and **3.2, 3.3**
-*1.7 (future)* *2.7* and *3.2, 3.3*
+1.6            2.6, 2.7 and 3.2, 3.3
+**1.7**        **2.7** and **3.2, 3.3**
 ============== ===============
 
 For a given series of Python versions, only the latest release is officially
diff --git a/docs/intro/install.txt b/docs/intro/install.txt
index 40375e5eca..3ef59dcafb 100644
--- a/docs/intro/install.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/install.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ that'll work while you walk through the introduction.
 Install Python
 --------------
 
-Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with Python 2.6,
-2.7, 3.2 or 3.3. All these versions of Python include a lightweight database
-called SQLite_ so you won't need to set up a database just yet.
+Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with Python 2.7,
+3.2 or 3.3. All these versions of Python include a lightweight database called
+SQLite_ so you won't need to set up a database just yet.
 
 .. _sqlite: http://sqlite.org/
 
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ probably already have it installed.
 You can verify that Python is installed by typing ``python`` from your shell;
 you should see something like::
 
-    Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 26 2010, 22:31:48)
-    [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
+    Python 2.7.3 (default, Jan  2 2013, 13:56:14)
+    [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
     >>>
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt
index 505d51a846..9cf02d96de 100644
--- a/docs/topics/install.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/install.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ This document will get you up and running with Django.
 Install Python
 ==============
 
-Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with Python 2.6,
-2.7, 3.2 or 3.3.
+Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with Python 2.7,
+3.2 or 3.3.
 
 Get Python at http://www.python.org. If you're running Linux or Mac OS X, you
 probably already have it installed.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c64868d00..6278afa116 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',