From d76a592782c1291b19f74a8ec29bcbd40b5170cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John McNamara Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:03:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add required python versions Add a requirement to support both Python 2 and 3 to the DPDK Python Coding Standards and Getting started Guide. Signed-off-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 3 ++- doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst index 1eb67f3476..4163960c96 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst @@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ Control Statements Python Code ----------- -All python code should be compliant with `PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) `_. +All Python code should work with Python 2.7+ and 3.2+ and be compliant with +`PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) `_. The ``pep8`` tool can be used for testing compliance with the guidelines. diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst index 76d82e6eef..61222c699b 100644 --- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst +++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Compilation of the DPDK x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported compiler is gcc 4.9+. -* Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package. +* Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package. **Optional Tools:** -- 2.20.1