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diff --git a/src/mailman/docs/START.rst b/src/mailman/docs/START.rst index 794740c64..454f6a387 100644 --- a/src/mailman/docs/START.rst +++ b/src/mailman/docs/START.rst @@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ list, or ask on IRC channel ``#mailman`` on Freenode. Requirements ============ -Python 2.7 is required. It can either be the default 'python' on your -``$PATH`` or it can be accessible via the ``python2.7`` binary. If -your operating system does not include Python, see http://www.python.org -for information about downloading installers (where available) and -installing it from source (when necessary or preferred). Python 3 is -not yet supported. +Python 3.4 or newer is required. It can either be the default 'python3' on +your ``$PATH`` or it can be accessible via the ``python3.4`` binary. If your +operating system does not include Python, see http://www.python.org for +information about downloading installers (where available) and installing it +from source (when necessary or preferred). Python 2 is not supported. You may need some additional dependencies, which are either available from your OS vendor, or can be downloaded automatically from the `Python @@ -80,9 +79,9 @@ downloads everything from the Cheeseshop. You do have access to the virtualenv, and you can use this to run individual tests, e.g.:: - $ .tox/py27/bin/python -m nose2 -vv -P user + $ .tox/py34/bin/python -m nose2 -vv -P user -Use `.tox/py27/bin/python -m nose2 --help` for more options. +Use `.tox/py34/bin/python -m nose2 --help` for more options. If you want to run the full test suite against the PostgreSQL database, set the database up as described in :doc:`DATABASE`, then create a `postgres.cfg` @@ -112,23 +111,23 @@ installed. First, create a virtual environment. By default ``virtualenv`` uses the ``python`` executable it finds first on your ``$PATH``. Make sure this is -Python 2.7 (just start the interactive interpreter and check the version in +Python 3.4 (just start the interactive interpreter and check the version in the startup banner). The directory you install the virtualenv into is up to -you, but for purposes of this document, we'll install it into ``/tmp/py27``:: +you, but for purposes of this document, we'll install it into ``/tmp/mm3``:: - % virtualenv --system-site-packages /tmp/py27 + % virtualenv -p python3 --system-site-packages /tmp/mm3 -If your default Python is not version 2.7, use the ``--python`` option to +If your default Python is not version 3.4, use the ``--python`` option to specify the Python executable. You can use the command name if this version is on your ``PATH``:: - % virtualenv --system-site-packages --python=python2.7 /tmp/py27 + % virtualenv --system-site-packages --python=python3.4 /tmp/mm3 -or you may specify the full path to any Python 2.7 executable. +or you may specify the full path to any Python 3.4 executable. Now, activate the virtual environment and set it up for development:: - % source /tmp/py27/bin/activate + % source /tmp/mm3/bin/activate % python setup.py develop Sit back and have some Kombucha while you wait for everything to download and |