[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] doc: add required python versions to docs

John McNamara john.mcnamara at intel.com
Wed Dec 21 16:03:49 CET 2016


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 <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
---
 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 1eb67f3..4163960 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) <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_.
+All Python code should work with Python 2.7+ and 3.2+ and be compliant with
+`PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code) <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_.
 
 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 76d82e6..61222c6 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:**
-- 
2.7.4



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