Updated install docs to reflect Python 3 status.

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What are Django's prerequisites? What are Django's prerequisites?
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Django requires Python_, specifically Python 2.6.5 - 2.7.x. No other Python Django requires Python, specifically Python 2.6.5 - 2.7.x. No other Python
libraries are required for basic Django usage. libraries are required for basic Django usage. Django 1.5 also has
experimental support for Python 3.2 and above.
For a development environment -- if you just want to experiment with Django -- 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 you don't need to have a separate Web server installed; Django comes with its
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Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their
own version requirements. own version requirements.
Over the next year or two Django will begin dropping support for older Python
versions as part of a migration which will end with Django running on Python 3
(see below for details).
All else being equal, we recommend that you use the latest 2.x release 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 (currently Python 2.7). This will let you take advantage of the numerous
improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.6, and improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.6.
will help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
the road to Python 3. Generally speaking, we don't recommend running Django on Python 3 yet; see
below for more.
What Python version can I use with Django? What Python version can I use with Django?
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1.2 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 1.2 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
1.3 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 1.3 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
**1.4** **2.5, 2.6, 2.7** **1.4** **2.5, 2.6, 2.7**
*1.5 (future)* *2.6, 2.7, 3.x (experimental)* *1.5 (future)* *2.6, 2.7* and *3.2, 3.3 (experimental)*
============== =============== ============== ===============
Can I use Django with Python 3? Can I use Django with Python 3?
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Not at the moment. Python 3.0 introduced a number of Django 1.5 introduces experimental support for Python 3.2 and 3.3. However, we
backwards-incompatible changes to the Python language, and although don't yet suggest that you use Django and Python 3 in production.
these changes are generally a good thing for Python's future, it will
be a while before most Python software catches up and is able to run
on Python 3.0. For larger Python-based software like Django, the
transition is expected to take at least a year or two (since it
involves dropping support for older Python releases and so must be
done gradually).
In the meantime, Python 2.x releases will be supported and provided Python 3 support should be considered a "preview". It's offered to bootstrap
with bug fixes and security updates by the Python development team, so the transition of the Django ecosystem to Python 3, and to help you start
continuing to use a Python 2.x release during the transition should porting your apps for future Python 3 compatibility. But we're not yet
not present any risk. confidant enough to promise stability in production.
Our current plan is to make Django 1.6 suitable for general use with Python 3.
Will Django run under shared hosting (like TextDrive or Dreamhost)? Will Django run under shared hosting (like TextDrive or Dreamhost)?
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Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with any Python Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with any Python
version from 2.6.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards incompatibilities in Python 3.0, version from 2.6.5 to 2.7. It also features experimental support for versions
Django does not currently work with Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ 3.2 and 3.3. All these versions of Python include a lightweight database
</faq/install>` for more information on supported Python versions and the 3.0 called SQLite_ so you won't need to set up a database just yet.
transition), these versions of Python include a lightweight database called
SQLite_ so you won't need to set up a database just yet.
.. _sqlite: http://sqlite.org/ .. _sqlite: http://sqlite.org/

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Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python.
It works with any Python version from 2.6.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards It works with any Python version from 2.6.5 to 2.7. It also features
incompatibilities in Python 3.0, Django does not currently work with experimental support for versions 3.2 and 3.3.
Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ </faq/install>` for more
information on supported Python versions and the 3.0 transition).
Get Python at http://www.python.org. If you're running Linux or Mac OS X, you Get Python at http://www.python.org. If you're running Linux or Mac OS X, you
probably already have it installed. probably already have it installed.