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@@ -43,16 +43,40 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
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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
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-version of Python from 2.3 and higher. However, some "django.contrib" add-on
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-components may require a more recent Python release. The django.contrib.gis
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-component, for example, requires Python 2.4.
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-If you use a Python version newer than 2.3, you will, of course, be able to
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-take advantage of newer Python features in your own code, along with the speed
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-improvements and other optimizations that have been made to the Python language
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-itself. But the Django framework itself should work equally well on 2.3 as it
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-does on 2.4 or 2.5.
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+Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially
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+supports any version of Python from 2.3 through 2.6,
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+inclusive. However, some add-on components may require a more recent
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+Python version; the ``django.contrib.gis`` component, for example,
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+requires at least Python 2.4, and third-party applications for use
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+with Django are, of course, free to set their own version
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+requirements.
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+Please note, however, that over the next year or two Django will begin
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+dropping support for older Python versions as part of a migration
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+which will end with Django running on Python 3.0 (see next question
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+for details). So if you're just starting out with Python, it's
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+recommended that you use the latest 2.x release (currently, Python
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+2.6). This will let you take advantage of the numerous improvements
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+and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.3, and will
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+help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
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+the road to Python 3.0.
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+Can I use Django with Python 3.0?
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+---------------------------------
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+Not at the moment. Python 3.0 introduced a number of
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+backwards-incompatible changes to the Python language, and although
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+these changes are generally a good thing for Python's future, it will
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+be a while before most Python software catches up and is able to run
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+on Python 3.0. For larger Python-based software like Django, the
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+transition is expected to take at least a year or two (since it
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+involves dropping support for older Python releases and so must be
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+done gradually).
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+In the meantime, Python 2.x releases will be supported and provided
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+with bug fixes and security updates by the Python development team, so
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+continuing to use a Python 2.x release during the transition should
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+not present any risk.
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Do I have to use mod_python?
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James Bennett