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Fixed #9783; clarified install docs and FAQ to explain that Django does not yet work with Python 3.0. 

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@ -43,16 +43,40 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
Do I lose anything by using Python 2.3 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5?
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No, not in the core framework. Django itself is guaranteed to work with any
version of Python from 2.3 and higher. However, some "django.contrib" add-on
components may require a more recent Python release. The django.contrib.gis
component, for example, requires Python 2.4.
Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially
supports any version of Python from 2.3 through 2.6,
inclusive. However, some add-on components may require a more recent
Python version; the ``django.contrib.gis`` component, for example,
requires at least Python 2.4, and third-party applications for use
with Django are, of course, free to set their own version
requirements.
If you use a Python version newer than 2.3, you will, of course, be able to
take advantage of newer Python features in your own code, along with the speed
improvements and other optimizations that have been made to the Python language
itself. But the Django framework itself should work equally well on 2.3 as it
does on 2.4 or 2.5.
Please note, however, that 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 3.0 (see next question
for details). So if you're just starting out with Python, it's
recommended that you use the latest 2.x release (currently, Python
2.6). This will let you take advantage of the numerous improvements
and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.3, and will
help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
the road to Python 3.0.
Can I use Django with Python 3.0?
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Not at the moment. Python 3.0 introduced a number of
backwards-incompatible changes to the Python language, and although
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
with bug fixes and security updates by the Python development team, so
continuing to use a Python 2.x release during the transition should
not present any risk.
Do I have to use mod_python?
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@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Install Python
Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python.
It works with any Python version 2.3 and higher.
It works with any Python version from 2.3 to 2.6 (due to backwards
incompatibilities in Python 3.0, Django does not currently work with
Python 3.0 and likely will not for some time to come).
Get Python at http://www.python.org. If you're running Linux or Mac OS X, you
probably already have it installed.