From e577c5d607b1edb827a5a137dd77587e394fdf5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:55:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Attempt to clarify Python version requirements (#7161) In particular, we depend on `typing.TYPE_CHECKING`, which is only present in 3.5.2. It turns out that Ubuntu Xenial, despite having a package called `python 3 (3.5.1-3)`, actually has python 3.5.2, so I think this is fine. --- INSTALL.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index c0926ba590..8ded6e9092 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than System requirements: - POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X) -- Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8. +- Python 3.5.2 or later, up to Python 3.8. - At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org Synapse is written in Python but some of the libraries it uses are written in @@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ so, you will need to edit `homeserver.yaml`, as follows: for having Synapse automatically provision and renew federation certificates through ACME can be found at [ACME.md](docs/ACME.md). Note that, as pointed out in that document, this feature will not - work with installs set up after November 2019. - + work with installs set up after November 2019. + If you are using your own certificate, be sure to use a `.pem` file that includes the full certificate chain including any intermediate certificates (for instance, if using certbot, use `fullchain.pem` as your certificate, not