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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
{
- "userBlacklist": ["dreid"]
+ "userBlacklist": ["dreid", "exarkun"]
}
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index c948d40c..f9d2261a 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Currently we test ``cryptography`` on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and PyPy
* x86-64 Debian Wheezy (7.x), Jessie (8.x), and Debian Sid (unstable)
* 32-bit and 64-bit Python on 64-bit Windows Server 2012
+.. warning::
+ Python 2.6 is no longer supported by the Python core team. A future version
+ of cryptography will drop support for this version.
+
We test compiling with ``clang`` as well as ``gcc`` and use the following
OpenSSL releases:
@@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ OpenSSL releases:
* ``OpenSSL 1.0.1f``
* ``OpenSSL 1.0.2-latest``
+.. warning::
+ OpenSSL versions 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 are no longer supported by the OpenSSL
+ project. A future version of cryptography will drop support for these
+ releases.
+
On Windows
----------
@@ -58,6 +67,8 @@ to include the proper locations. For example:
C:\> set INCLUDE=C:\OpenSSL-win64\include;%INCLUDE%
C:\> pip install cryptography
+If you need to rebuild ``cryptography`` for any reason be sure to clear the
+local `wheel cache`_.
.. _build-on-linux:
@@ -227,6 +238,9 @@ You can also build cryptography statically:
$ sudo port install openssl
$ env CRYPTOGRAPHY_OSX_NO_LINK_FLAGS=1 LDFLAGS="/opt/local/lib/libssl.a /opt/local/lib/libcrypto.a" CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" pip install cryptography
+If you need to rebuild ``cryptography`` for any reason be sure to clear the
+local `wheel cache`_.
+
Building cryptography with conda
--------------------------------
@@ -257,3 +271,4 @@ information, consult `Greg Wilson's blog post`_ on the subject.
.. _`Greg Wilson's blog post`: http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2014/04/mr-biczo-was-right.html
.. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
.. _openssl.org: https://openssl.org/source/
+.. _`wheel cache`: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#caching