diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 82e1f3422..415331515 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ Scrapy is supported under Python 2.7 and Python 3.3+. Python 2.6 support was dropped starting at Scrapy 0.20. Python 3 support was added in Scrapy 1.1. +.. note:: + Python 3 is not yet supported on Windows. + Did Scrapy "steal" X from Django? --------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst index 25520b4b9..3364c3b31 100644 --- a/docs/intro/install.rst +++ b/docs/intro/install.rst @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Installing Scrapy The installation steps assume that you have the following things installed: -* `Python`_ 2.7 +* `Python`_ 2.7 or above 3.3 * `pip`_ and `setuptools`_ Python packages. Nowadays `pip`_ requires and installs `setuptools`_ if not installed. Python 2.7.9 and later include @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Windows pip install Scrapy +.. note:: + Python 3 is not supported on Windows. This is because Scrapy core requirement Twisted does not support + Python 3 on Windows. + Ubuntu 9.10 or above -------------------- diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst index cbcd4d613..ac87b449d 100644 --- a/docs/news.rst +++ b/docs/news.rst @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ features are still missing (and some may never be ported). Almost all builtin extensions/middlewares are expected to work. However, we are aware of some limitations in Python 3: -- Scrapy has not been tested on Windows with Python 3 +- Scrapy does not work on Windows with Python 3 - Sending emails is not supported - FTP download handler is not supported - Telnet console is not supported