Fixed #17965 -- Definitely dropped support for Python 2.5. Thanks jonash for the initial patch and Aymeric Augustin for the review.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@17834 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

docs/faq/install.txt

@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ How do I get started?
 What are Django's prerequisites?
 --------------------------------
 
-Django requires Python_, specifically any version of Python from 2.5
-through 2.7. No other Python libraries are required for basic Django
-usage.
+Django requires Python_, specifically Python 2.6 or 2.7.
+No other Python libraries are required for basic Django usage.
 
 For a development environment -- if you just want to experiment with Django --
 you don't need to have a separate Web server installed; Django comes with its
@@ -39,15 +38,14 @@ PostgreSQL fans, and MySQL_, `SQLite 3`_, and Oracle_ are also supported.
 .. _`SQLite 3`: http://www.sqlite.org/
 .. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/
 
-Do I lose anything by using Python 2.5 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.6 or 2.7?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Do I lose anything by using Python 2.6 versus newer Python versions, such as Python 2.7?
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports any
-version of Python from 2.5 through 2.7, inclusive. However, newer versions of
+Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports
+Python 2.6 and 2.7. However, newer versions of
 Python are often faster, have more features, and are better supported. If you
 use a newer version of Python you will also have access to some APIs that
-aren't available under older versions of Python. For example, since Python 2.6,
-you can use the advanced string formatting described in :pep:`3101`.
+aren't available under older versions of Python.
 
 Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their
 own version requirements.
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ versions as part of a migration which will end with Django running on Python 3
 
 All else being equal, we recommend that you use the latest 2.x release
 (currently Python 2.7). This will let you take advantage of the numerous
-improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.5, and
+improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.6, and
 will help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
 the road to Python 3.
 

docs/howto/jython.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Running Django on Jython
 
 .. index:: Jython, Java, JVM
 
+.. admonition::
+
+    Django 1.5 has dropped support for Python 2.5. Until Jython provides a new
+    version that supports 2.6, Django 1.5 is no more compatible with Jython.
+    Please use Django 1.4 if you want to use Django over Jython.
+
 Jython_ is an implementation of Python that runs on the Java platform (JVM).
 Django runs cleanly on Jython version 2.5 or later, which means you can deploy
 Django on any Java platform.

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ in a backward incompatible way, following their deprecation, as per the
 :ref:`deprecation policy <internal-release-deprecation-policy>`. More details
 about each item can often be found in the release notes of two versions prior.
 
-1.3
----
-
-See the :doc:`Django 1.1 release notes</releases/1.1>` for more details on
-these changes.
-
-* ``AdminSite.root()``.  This method of hooking up the admin URLs will be
-  removed in favor of including ``admin.site.urls``.
-
-* Authentication backends need to define the boolean attributes
-  ``supports_object_permissions`` and ``supports_anonymous_user`` until
-  version 1.4, at which point it will be assumed that all backends will
-  support these options.
-
 1.4
 ---
 
@@ -276,6 +262,15 @@ these changes.
   in 1.4. The backward compatibility will be removed --
   ``HttpRequest.raw_post_data`` will no longer work.
 
+1.7
+---
+
+See the :doc:`Django 1.5 release notes</releases/1.5>` for more details on
+these changes.
+
+* The function ``django.utils.itercompat.product`` will be removed. The Python
+  builtin version should be used instead.
+
 2.0
 ---
 

docs/intro/install.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Install Python
 --------------
 
 Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with any Python
-version from 2.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards incompatibilities in Python 3.0,
+version from 2.6 to 2.7 (due to backwards incompatibilities in Python 3.0,
 Django does not currently work with Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ
 </faq/install>` for more information on supported Python versions and the 3.0
 transition), these versions of Python include a lightweight database called
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ probably already have it installed.
 You can verify that Python is installed by typing ``python`` from your shell;
 you should see something like::
 
-    Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 17 2008, 19:35:17)
-    [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
+    Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 26 2010, 22:31:48)
+    [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
     >>>
 
 Set up a database
 -----------------
 
-If you installed Python 2.5 or later, you can skip this step for now.
+If you installed Python 2.6 or later, you can skip this step for now.
 
 If not, or if you'd like to work with a "large" database engine like PostgreSQL,
 MySQL, or Oracle, consult the :ref:`database installation information

docs/intro/tutorial01.txt

@@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ your database connection settings.
 
 If you're new to databases, we recommend simply using SQLite by setting
 :setting:`ENGINE` to ``'django.db.backends.sqlite3'`` and :setting:`NAME` to
-the place where you'd like to store the database. SQLite is included as part
-of Python 2.5 and later, so you won't need to install anything else to support
-your database.
+the place where you'd like to store the database. SQLite is included in Python,
+so you won't need to install anything else to support your database.
 
 .. note::
 

docs/ref/contrib/gis/deployment.txt

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Example::
       WSGIProcessGroup geodjango
       WSGIScriptAlias / /home/geo/geodjango/world.wsgi
 
-      Alias /media/ "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/"
-      <Directory "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/">
+      Alias /media/ "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/"
+      <Directory "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/">
         Order allow,deny
         Options Indexes
         Allow from all
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Example::
         PythonPath "['/var/www/apps'] + sys.path"
       </Location>
 
-      Alias /media/ "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/"
+      Alias /media/ "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/"
       <Location "/media">
         SetHandler None
       </Location>

docs/ref/databases.txt

@@ -461,17 +461,6 @@ SQLite 3.3.6 was released in April 2006, so most current binary distributions
 for different platforms include newer version of SQLite usable from Python
 through either the ``pysqlite2`` or the ``sqlite3`` modules.
 
-However, some platform/Python version combinations include older versions of
-SQLite (e.g. the official binary distribution of Python 2.5 for Windows, 2.5.4
-as of this writing, includes SQLite 3.3.4). There are (as of Django 1.1) even
-some tests in the Django test suite that will fail when run under this setup.
-
-As described :ref:`below<using-newer-versions-of-pysqlite>`, this can be solved
-by downloading and installing a newer version of ``pysqlite2``
-(``pysqlite-2.x.x.win32-py2.5.exe`` in the described case) that includes and
-uses a newer version of SQLite. Python 2.6 for Windows ships with a version of
-SQLite that is not affected by these issues.
-
 Version 3.5.9
 -------------
 

docs/releases/1.5.txt

@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ Backwards incompatible changes in 1.5
 Features deprecated in 1.5
 ==========================
 
+itercompat.product
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The :func:`~django.utils.itercompat.product` function has been deprecated. Use
+the builtin `itertools.product` instead.

docs/topics/db/transactions.txt

@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ These functions, described in detail below, can be used in two different ways:
             # this code executes inside a transaction
             # ...
 
-Both techniques work with all supported version of Python. However, in Python
-2.5, you must add ``from __future__ import with_statement`` at the beginning
-of your module if you are using the ``with`` statement.
+Both techniques work with all supported version of Python.
 
 .. _decorator: http://docs.python.org/glossary.html#term-decorator
 .. _context manager: http://docs.python.org/glossary.html#term-context-manager

docs/topics/install.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Install Python
 
 Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python.
 
-It works with any Python version from 2.5 to 2.7 (due to backwards
+It works with any Python version from 2.6 to 2.7 (due to backwards
 incompatibilities in Python 3.0, Django does not currently work with
 Python 3.0; see :doc:`the Django FAQ </faq/install>` for more
 information on supported Python versions and the 3.0 transition).

docs/topics/testing.txt

@@ -1591,10 +1591,6 @@ your test suite.
 
     You can use this as a context manager, like this::
 
-        # This is necessary in Python 2.5 to enable the with statement.
-        # In 2.6 and up, it's not necessary.
-        from __future__ import with_statement
-
         with self.assertTemplateUsed('index.html'):
             render_to_string('index.html')
         with self.assertTemplateUsed(template_name='index.html'):
@@ -1656,12 +1652,7 @@ your test suite.
 
         self.assertNumQueries(7, lambda: my_function(using=7))
 
-    If you're using Python 2.5 or greater you can also use this as a context
-    manager::
-
-        # This is necessary in Python 2.5 to enable the with statement, in 2.6
-        # and up it is no longer necessary.
-        from __future__ import with_statement
+    You can also use this as a context manager::
 
         with self.assertNumQueries(2):
             Person.objects.create(name="Aaron")