From 14e1e53a90c80e4d9e9b0f36218f25639a660957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:27:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [1.8.x] Fixed #25881 -- Marked Python 3.2 in Django 1.8 as unsupported at the end of 2016. Backport of e6bd688ef3b58ee522794dce77f64a81b53b3b9e from master --- docs/faq/install.txt | 2 +- docs/releases/1.8.8.txt | 9 +++++++++ docs/releases/1.8.txt | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt index 84acb55079..7a75f87704 100644 --- a/docs/faq/install.txt +++ b/docs/faq/install.txt @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ What Python version can I use with Django? Django version Python versions ============== =============== 1.7 2.7 and 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 -**1.8** **2.7** and **3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5** +**1.8** **2.7** and **3.2 (until the end of 2016), 3.3, 3.4, 3.5** 1.9 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 ============== =============== diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.8.txt index 94cda25ba2..bd6309b96e 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.8.8.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.8.8.txt @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Django 1.8.8 release notes Django 1.8.8 fixes several bugs in 1.8.7. +Python 3.2 users, please be advised that we've decided to drop support for +Python 3.2 in Django 1.8.x at the end of 2016. We won't break things +intentionally after that, but we won't test subsequent releases against Python +3.2 either. Upstream support for Python 3.2 ends February 2016 so we don't find +much value in providing security updates for a version of Python that could be +insecure. To read more about the decision and to let us know if this will be +problematic for you, please read the `django-developers thread +`_. + Bugfixes ======== diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt index 9e741dfbd2..84e3d5e7a6 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Python compatibility Django 1.8 requires Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, or 3.5. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. +Due to the end of upstream support for Python 3.2 in February 2016, we won't +test Django 1.8.x on Python 3.2 after the end of 2016. + What's new in Django 1.8 ========================