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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-06-15 09:43:35 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-06-18 08:36:50 -0400
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@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ How do I get started?
What are Django's prerequisites?
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-Django requires Python, specifically Python 2.7 or 3.3 and above. Other Python
-libraries may be required for some uses, but you'll receive an error about it
-as they're needed.
+Django requires Python. See the table in the next question for the versions of
+Python that work with each version of Django. Other Python libraries may be
+required for some uses, but you'll receive an error about it as they're needed.
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
@@ -47,13 +47,19 @@ Django version Python versions
============== ===============
1.4 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
**1.7, 1.8** **2.7** and **3.2, 3.3, 3.4**
-1.9 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
+1.9 2.7, 3.4, 3.5
============== ===============
For each version of Python, only the latest micro release (A.B.C) is officially
supported. You can find the latest micro version for each series on the `Python
download page <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_.
+Typically, we will support a Python version up to and including the first
+Django LTS release that will receive security updates until after security
+support for that version of Python ends. For example, Python 3.3 security
+support ends September 2017 and Django 1.8 LTS security support ends April
+2018. Therefore Django 1.8 is the last version to support Python 3.3.
+
What Python version should I use with Django?
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