svn commit: r1692446 - /subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html

[da...@apache.org]

Author: danielsh
Date: Thu Jul 23 21:37:52 2015
New Revision: 1692446

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1692446
Log:
Require Python ≥2.7 for Subversion 1.9.

[in site/publish/]
* docs/release-notes/1.9.html
  (#compat-deps): New heading under "Compatibility Concerns".
  (#python-2.7): New item.

Modified:
    subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html

Modified: subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html?rev=1692446&r1=1692445&r2=1692446&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.9.html Thu Jul 23 21:37:52 2015
@@ -209,6 +209,33 @@ example illustrates these changes.</p>
 
 </div>  <!-- output-changes -->
 
+<div class="h3" id="compat-deps">
+<h3>Upgraded Minimal Dependencies
+  <a class="sectionlink" href="#compat-deps"
+    title="Link to this section">&para;</a>
+</h3>
+
+<div class="h4" id="python-2.7">
+<h4>Python (optional dependency) must be ≥2.7
+  <a class="sectionlink" href="#python-2.7"
+    title="Link to this section">&para;</a>
+</h4>
+
+<p>The <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> programming language is an
+optional dependency.  It is required for running the test suite and for
+building nightly versions, but not for building from packaged releases.</p>
+
+<p>Subversion 1.8 supported Python 2.5 and newer.  Subversion 1.9 requires
+Python 2.7.  Older versions of Python are no longer guaranteed to work.</p>
+
+<p>We break compatibility with Python 2.6 and older since it has been
+end-of-life for nearly two years, and in order to introduce compatibility with
+Python 3.x in patch releases of the 1.9.x line.</p>
+
+</div>  <!-- python-2.7 -->
+
+</div>  <!-- compat-deps -->
+
 <div class="h3" id="compat-misc">
 <h3>Miscellaneous Compatibility Notes
   <a class="sectionlink" href="#compat-misc"