From 5372508fdf4a853adbe54623bf85b440a552f1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karen Tracey Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:41:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@9521 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/faq/install.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file 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