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| author | Mattias Loverot <mattias@stubin.se> | 2016-09-09 16:06:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Loverot <mattias@stubin.se> | 2016-09-09 16:06:20 +0200 |
| commit | 2660b310dddb95288c23c94704131e9ca217923c (patch) | |
| tree | 655630c7fa3c4dafddc8e8ef770e66e66e2e7338 | |
| parent | 321d2e8ceea50bba386376c5f81e6ed8b60511cb (diff) | |
| download | ansible-2660b310dddb95288c23c94704131e9ca217923c.tar.gz | |
Clarifying why Ansible still uses Python 2
| -rw-r--r-- | docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst index e9a63cd048..c6666392ab 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst @@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ You also need Python 2.4 or later. If you are running less than Python 2.5 on th .. note:: - Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and most Python programs (including - Ansible) are not switching over yet. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a + Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and some Python programs (including + Ansible) are not switching over yet. Ansible uses Python 2 in order to maintain compability with older distributions + such as RHEL 5 and RHEL 6. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a Python 2.X interpreter installed by default. On those systems, you should install one, and set the 'ansible_python_interpreter' variable in inventory (see :doc:`intro_inventory`) to point at your 2.X Python. Distributions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, and Ubuntu all have a 2.X interpreter installed |