[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Document a Python compatibility issue.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Eric S. Raymond pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
9621de37 by Eric S. Raymond at 2016-09-20T04:11:30-04:00
Document a Python compatibility issue.

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2 changed files:

- INSTALL
- devel/hacking.txt


Changes:

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INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ or some equivalent facility.
 There are some prerequisites.  Libraries need the library installed
 to run and in addition, the development headers installed to build.
 
-Python 2.x, x >= 6, or Python 3.x >= 2::
+Python 2.x, x >= 6, or Python 3.x >= 3::
    Required to build, and for various scripts such as ntpviz.  Our
    Python code has been written polyglot to also run with production
    versions of Python 3.


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devel/hacking.txt
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--- a/devel/hacking.txt
+++ b/devel/hacking.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ the compiler and toolchain have been modernized.
 
 == Python guidelines ==
 
-You may assume Python 2 at 2.6 or later, or Python 3 at 3.2 or later.
+You may assume Python 2 at 2.6 or later, or Python 3 at 3.3 or later.
 
 Please read https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/[PEP 8] and use
 that style.  The only PEP 8 style rule we relax is that you may
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ detail at
 
 http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/practical-python-porting/
 
+Note that Python 3.x versions before 3.3 had sufficiently serious
+back-compatibility issues that trying to make them run is probably
+doomed.  The first 3.x version under which our Python has been
+extensively tested is 3.5.
+
 == General notes ==
 
 === Build system ===



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