Commit 18b9dc41 authored by Preston Holmes's avatar Preston Holmes Committed by Claude Paroz
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Fixed #18601 -- Specified that Python minimum version is 2.6.5 

This is due to a bug in previous Python 2.6 versions related to
unicode keyword arguments.
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docs/faq/install.txt

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What are Django's prerequisites?

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Django requires Python_, specifically Python 2.6 or 2.7.

No other Python libraries are required for basic Django usage.

Django requires Python_, specifically Python 2.6.5 - 2.7.x.  No other Python

libraries are required for basic Django usage.



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
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Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports

Python 2.6 and 2.7. However, newer versions of

Python 2.6 (2.6.5 or higher) and 2.7. 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.

docs/intro/install.txt

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Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with any Python

version from 2.6 to 2.7 (due to backwards incompatibilities in Python 3.0,

version from 2.6.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards incompatibilities in Python 3.0,

Django does not currently work with Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ

</faq/install>` for more information on supported Python versions and the 3.0

transition), these versions of Python include a lightweight database called

docs/releases/1.5.txt

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Python compatibility

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Django 1.5 has dropped support for Python 2.5. Python 2.6 is now the minimum

Django 1.5 has dropped support for Python 2.5. Python 2.6.5 is now the minimum

required Python version. Django is tested and supported on Python 2.6 and

2.7.

docs/topics/install.txt

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Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python.



It works with any Python version from 2.6 to 2.7 (due to backwards

It works with any Python version from 2.6.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards

incompatibilities in Python 3.0, Django does not currently work with

Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ </faq/install>` for more

information on supported Python versions and the 3.0 transition).

docs/topics/logging.txt

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    ``logging.dictConfig`` is a builtin library in Python 2.7. In

    order to make this library available for users of earlier Python

    versions, Django includes a copy as part of ``django.utils.log``.

    If you have Python 2.7, the system native library will be used; if

    you have Python 2.6 or earlier, Django's copy will be used.

    If you have Python 2.7 or later, the system native library will be used; if

    you have Python 2.6, Django's copy will be used.



In order to configure logging, you use :setting:`LOGGING` to define a

dictionary of logging settings. These settings describes the loggers,