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| author | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2018-08-30 07:40:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2018-08-30 07:40:25 -0400 |
| commit | f2321848833b54fa668cffb0a1ab9d20e3ba6fba (patch) | |
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| parent | 5cc53d8c3b66e6eab60c5be7dd6223b4e7eca8f9 (diff) | |
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Fixes #4408 -- added an FAQ about abi3 wheels (#4425)
* Fixes #4408 -- added an FAQ about abi3 wheels
* abi3 is a word, sort of
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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index b03f2929..409f6ce0 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ Since they are no longer receiving security patches from upstream, should upgrade to a newer version of OpenSSL (1.0.2 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer operating system. +Why are there no wheels for Python 3.5+ on Linux or macOS? +---------------------------------------------------------- + +Our Python3 wheels, for macOS and Linux, are ``abi3`` wheels. This means they +support multiple versions of Python. The Python 3.4 ``abi3`` wheel can be used +with any version of Python greater than or equal to 3.4. Recent versions of +``pip`` will automatically install ``abi3`` wheels. + .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.io .. _`WSGIApplicationGroup`: https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/develop/configuration-directives/WSGIApplicationGroup.html |