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| author | Claudiu Popa <cpopa@cloudbasesolutions.com> | 2014-12-15 18:03:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Claudiu Popa <cpopa@cloudbasesolutions.com> | 2014-12-15 18:03:02 +0200 |
| commit | fc0b272b5f520cdf0d54eb628dbf4cc860bc629f (patch) | |
| tree | 420bf55a1a4c2a56e57f4ee9473ca50d97080d38 /doc | |
| parent | 400f8b0fa0feca96007c66b63b85a3d793754b1b (diff) | |
| download | pylint-fc0b272b5f520cdf0d54eb628dbf4cc860bc629f.tar.gz | |
Add a note regarding the support of <=Python 2.6.
Closes issue #390.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/faq.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/installation.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/faq.rst b/doc/faq.rst index c81bbc3..96c9357 100644 --- a/doc/faq.rst +++ b/doc/faq.rst @@ -67,11 +67,23 @@ Pylint from the repository, simply invoke :: ----------------------------------- Pylint requires the latest `astroid`_ and `logilab-common`_ packages. It should be -compatible with any Python version greater than 2.5.0. +compatible with any Python version greater than 2.7.0. .. _`astroid`: https://bitbucket.org/logilab/astroid .. _`logilab-common`: http://www.logilab.org/project/logilab-common +2.4 What versions of Python is Pylint supporting? +-------------------------------------------------- + +Since Pylint 1.4, we support only Python 2.7+ and Python 3.3+. +Using this strategy really helps in maintaining a code base compatible +with both versions and from this benefits not only the maintainers, +but the end users as well, because it's easier to add and test +new features. +If support for Python 2.6 is absolutely required, then the version +from pylint-1.3 branch can be used. It will receive backports of +bug fixes for a while. + 3. Running Pylint ================= diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst index 10862a8..eca0fa3 100644 --- a/doc/installation.rst +++ b/doc/installation.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Dependencies '''''''''''' Pylint requires the latest `astroid`_ and `logilab-common`_ -packages. It should be compatible with any Python version >= 2.5. +packages. It should be compatible with any Python version >= 2.7. .. _`astroid`: https://bitbucket.org/logilab/astroid .. _`logilab-common`: http://www.logilab.org/project/logilab-common |