Fixed #16155 -- Removed Python 2.4 compatibility constructs from code and mentions from docs. Thanks Aymeric Augustin for the report and patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16349 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt
index f500e77a88..f1e865a966 100644
--- a/docs/faq/install.txt
+++ b/docs/faq/install.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ How do I get started?
 What are Django's prerequisites?
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-Django requires Python_, specifically any version of Python from 2.4
+Django requires Python_, specifically any version of Python from 2.5
 through 2.7. No other Python libraries are required for basic Django
 usage.
 
@@ -40,17 +40,15 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
 .. _`SQLite 3`: http://www.sqlite.org/
 .. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/
 
-Do I lose anything by using Python 2.4 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5 or 2.6?
+Do I lose anything by using Python 2.5 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.6 or 2.7?
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports any
-version of Python from 2.4 through 2.7, inclusive. However, newer versions of
+version of Python from 2.5 through 2.7, inclusive. 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. For example Django provides
-some `context managers`_ for various operations. If you use Python 2.4 you
-won't be able to use them, however other APIs which provide the same
-functionality are always made available.
+aren't available under older versions of Python. For example, since Python 2.6,
+you can use the advanced string formatting described in `PEP 3101`_.
 
 Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their
 own version requirements.
@@ -61,11 +59,11 @@ versions as part of a migration which will end with Django running on Python 3
 
 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 2.4, and
+improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.5, and
 will help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
 the road to Python 3.
 
-.. _context managers: http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#context-managers
+.. _PEP 3101: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/
 
 Can I use Django with Python 2.4?
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