From 60cb93b69cf39ee9f9eed96751fce850c6cddc45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peace-Maker Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:43:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] State intend to not artifially raise the required Python version --- README.md | 2 +- docs/source/install.rst | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index afe7eb702..bc8638683 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ To get you started, we've provided some example solutions for past CTF challenge Pwntools is best supported on 64-bit Ubuntu LTS releases (22.04 and 24.04). Most functionality should work on any Posix-like distribution (Debian, Arch, FreeBSD, OSX, etc.). -Pwntools requires Python 3.10 since version 5.0.0. Use Pwntools 4.x for older versions as well as Python 2.7. Most of the functionality of pwntools is self-contained and Python-only. You should be able to get running quickly with +Pwntools supports Python 3.10+ since version 5.0.0. Use Pwntools 4.x for older versions as well as Python 2.7. Most of the functionality of pwntools is self-contained and Python-only. You should be able to get running quickly with ```sh sudo apt-get update diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst index 91868f09e..81d4f749b 100644 --- a/docs/source/install.rst +++ b/docs/source/install.rst @@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ Note: For Mac OS X you will need to have cmake ``brew install cmake`` and pkg-co Released Version ----------------- -pwntools is available as a ``pip`` package for Python3. Version v5.0.0 requires Python3.10 or later. +pwntools is available as a ``pip`` package for Python3. Version v5.0.0 supports Python3.10 or later. Use v4 if you use earlier versions of Python. Python3 ^^^^^^^ +The Python version required for installing Pwntools is kept as low as possible on a best-effort basis. However, new features target Python3.10 and later. + .. code-block:: bash $ sudo apt-get update