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.mcnam...@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
