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| author | Claude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net> | 2013-06-28 16:38:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Claude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net> | 2013-06-28 16:39:50 +0200 |
| commit | dc99128343a08dce8a056e50047ea8bc909740d5 (patch) | |
| tree | edc36125a38ac1500cc81a6ec5388b9930192855 | |
| parent | ec2a102d8491a708b56abb19caeebdc5562c2a9c (diff) | |
[1.6.x] Updated FAQ to reflect official Python 3 support
Backport of 8809da67a from master.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/faq/install.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt index 5ca7a471c8..d221f93d02 100644 --- a/docs/faq/install.txt +++ b/docs/faq/install.txt @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ How do I get started? What are Django's prerequisites? -------------------------------- -Django requires Python, specifically Python 2.6.5 - 2.7.x. No other Python -libraries are required for basic Django usage. Django 1.5 also has -experimental support for Python 3.2.3 and above. +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. 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 @@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ Do I lose anything by using Python 2.6 versus newer Python versions, such as Pyt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports -Python 2.6 (2.6.5 or higher) and 2.7. However, newer versions of +Python 2.6 (2.6.5 or higher), 2.7, 3.2.3 or higher. However, newer versions of Python are often faster, have more features, and are better supported. If you use a newer version of Python you will also have access to some APIs that aren't available under older versions of Python. @@ -51,12 +50,9 @@ aren't available under older versions of Python. Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their own version requirements. -All else being equal, we recommend that you use the latest 2.x release -(currently Python 2.7). This will let you take advantage of the numerous -improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.6. - -Generally speaking, we don't recommend running Django on Python 3 yet; see -below for more. +All else being equal, we recommend that you use the latest 2.7 or 3.x release. +This will let you take advantage of the numerous improvements and optimizations +to the Python language since version 2.6. What Python version can I use with Django? ------------------------------------------ |
