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| author | Karen Tracey <kmtracey@gmail.com> | 2008-11-21 17:42:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Karen Tracey <kmtracey@gmail.com> | 2008-11-21 17:42:50 +0000 |
| commit | 94c0aa7d84a76b10443afbbbed9d6b1fb6d6529d (patch) | |
| tree | a70252a897c8c959f62a922f72bec43d7f91cbcc /docs/faq | |
| parent | df9254c2f3fb7e8b0366f576d452925270c323dd (diff) | |
[1.0.X] Fixed #9611 -- Noted in the FAQ answer about Python versions that some contrib apps (notably gis) may require a higher Python version. Thansk jamesivanwhite for the report and initial patch.
r9521 from trunk.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.0.X@9522 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/faq/install.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt index a6b7742b2f..6c035fdf57 100644 --- a/docs/faq/install.txt +++ b/docs/faq/install.txt @@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported. Do I lose anything by using Python 2.3 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -No. Django itself is guaranteed to work with any version of Python from 2.3 -and higher. +No, not in the core framework. Django itself is guaranteed to work with any +version of Python from 2.3 and higher. However, some "django.contrib" add-on +components may require a more recent Python release. The django.contrib.gis +component, for example, requires Python 2.4. If you use a Python version newer than 2.3, you will, of course, be able to take advantage of newer Python features in your own code, along with the speed |