From e1506769a428889bc66964edabf76476433c031a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Felix=20Hild=C3=A9n?= Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:58:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Elaborate on Python support policy (#2819) --- CHANGES.md | 1 + docs/faq.md | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index f81c285..440aaea 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ and the first release covered by our new stability policy. - Change HTML theme to Furo primarily for its responsive design and mobile support (#2793) - Deprecate the `black-primer` tool (#2809) +- Document Python support policy (#2819) ## 21.12b0 diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 0cff6ae..264141e 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -71,9 +71,16 @@ readability because operators are misaligned. Disable W503 and enable the disabled-by-default counterpart W504. E203 should be disabled while changes are still [discussed](https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373). -## Does Black support Python 2? +## Which Python versions does Black support? -Support for formatting Python 2 code was removed in version 22.0. +Currently the runtime requires Python 3.6-3.10. Formatting is supported for files +containing syntax from Python 3.3 to 3.10. We promise to support at least all Python +versions that have not reached their end of life. This is the case for both running +_Black_ and formatting code. + +Support for formatting Python 2 code was removed in version 22.0. While we've made no +plans to stop supporting older Python 3 minor versions immediately, their support might +also be removed some time in the future without a deprecation period. ## Why does my linter or typechecker complain after I format my code? -- 2.39.5