https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/afeb7a4ff5a3367a9de4f0b4d174c609976e0e62 commit: afeb7a4ff5a3367a9de4f0b4d174c609976e0e62 branch: 3.13 author: Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]> committer: Yhg1s <[email protected]> date: 2024-09-23T23:39:46Z summary:
[3.13] Docs: Update two FAQs for Python 3 (GH-124247) (#124258) Docs: Update two FAQs for Python 3 (#124247) Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 5f011115943933ff36adf997c886d73ea88003fb) files: M Doc/faq/extending.rst M Doc/faq/general.rst diff --git a/Doc/faq/extending.rst b/Doc/faq/extending.rst index 1cff2c4091df06..3147fda7c37124 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/extending.rst @@ -246,13 +246,12 @@ Then, when you run GDB: I want to compile a Python module on my Linux system, but some files are missing. Why? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Most packaged versions of Python don't include the -:file:`/usr/lib/python2.{x}/config/` directory, which contains various files +Most packaged versions of Python omit some files required for compiling Python extensions. -For Red Hat, install the python-devel RPM to get the necessary files. +For Red Hat, install the python3-devel RPM to get the necessary files. -For Debian, run ``apt-get install python-dev``. +For Debian, run ``apt-get install python3-dev``. How do I tell "incomplete input" from "invalid input"? ------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 31df5ebbfb83dd..2a55f6b6fb6181 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix releases. The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page -<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. There are two production-ready versions -of Python: 2.x and 3.x. The recommended version is 3.x, which is supported by -most widely used libraries. Although 2.x is still widely used, :pep:`it is not -maintained anymore <0373>`. +<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. +Python 3.x is the recommended version and supported by most widely used libraries. +Python 2.x :pep:`is not maintained anymore <373>`. + How many people are using Python? --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
