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@@ -43,25 +43,23 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
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.. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/
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Do I lose anything by using Python 2.4 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.5 or 2.6?
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-Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially
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-supports any version of Python from 2.4 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 2.4, 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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+Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports any
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+version of Python from 2.4 through 2.6, inclusive. However, newer versions of
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+Python are often faster, have more features, and are better supported.
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+Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their
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+own version requirements.
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+
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+Over the next year or two Django will begin dropping support for older Python
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+versions as part of a migration which will end with Django running on Python 3
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+(see below for details).
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+All else being equal, we recommend that you use the latest 2.x release
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+(currently Python 2.6). This will let you take advantage of the numerous
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+improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.4, and
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+will help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
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+the road to Python 3.
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Can I use Django with Python 2.3?
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@@ -70,8 +68,8 @@ Django 1.1 (and earlier) supported Python 2.3. Django 1.2 and newer does not.
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We highly recommend you upgrade Python if at all possible, but Django 1.1 will
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continue to work on Python 2.3.
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-Can I use Django with Python 3.0?
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+Can I use Django with Python 3?
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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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