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| author | Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> | 2016-08-11 23:43:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> | 2016-08-11 23:43:55 +0200 |
| commit | 1770e50b63b400d264c8dd40bf1d4e70860b3012 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ba5234b278298a0a8931c94bfa3f5594e1dd0bf | |
| parent | 3ec9c41d1701cc2e0884b896b1f7ce1be4ed824c (diff) | |
| download | pyserial-git-1770e50b63b400d264c8dd40bf1d4e70860b3012.tar.gz | |
docs: update old releases section and other details
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diff --git a/documentation/pyserial.rst b/documentation/pyserial.rst index 939882a..0478272 100644 --- a/documentation/pyserial.rst +++ b/documentation/pyserial.rst @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ pySerial can be installed from PyPI:: Using the `python`/`python3` executable of the desired version (2.x/3.x). +Developers also may be interested to get the source archive, because it +contains examples, tests and the this documentation. + From source (tar.gz or checkout) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Download the archive from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial or @@ -80,17 +83,12 @@ Using the `python`/`python3` executable of the desired version (2.x/3.x). Packages ~~~~~~~~ -There are also packaged versions for some Linux distributions and Windows: +There are also packaged versions for some Linux distributions: Debian/Ubuntu A package is available under the name "python-serial" or similar. Note that some distributions may package an older version of pySerial. -Windows - There is a "wheel" file for end users. It is located in the PyPi_. - Developers also may be interested to get the source archive, - because it contains examples, tests and the this documentation. - .. _PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial @@ -107,12 +105,20 @@ References Older Versions ============== -Older versions are still available in the old download_ page. pySerial 1.21 -is compatible with Python 2.0 on Windows, Linux and several un*x like systems, -MacOSX and Jython. +Older versions are still available on the current download_ page or the `old +download`_ page. The last version of pySerial's 2.x series was `2.7`_, +compatible with Python 2.3 and newer and partially with early Python 3.x +versions. + +pySerial `1.21`_ is compatible with Python 2.0 on Windows, Linux and several +un*x like systems, MacOSX and Jython. On Windows, releases older than 2.5 will depend on pywin32_ (previously known as -win32all) +win32all). + +.. _`old download`: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/files/pyserial/ .. _download: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial .. _pywin32: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pywin32 +.. _`2.7`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial/2.7 +.. _`1.21`: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/files/pyserial/1.21/pyserial-1.21.zip/download |