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| author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2020-01-16 23:41:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2020-01-16 23:41:46 +0100 |
| commit | 9020b58ebd66096638edeca1e0aa80f72bd6fb6e (patch) | |
| tree | b954d5ea68b39628a299a62a783bc42c53259c4f | |
| parent | e91eb5795a658e56521b60b74d0ee443230aa0c0 (diff) | |
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NEWS: Reword Python 3 support.
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@@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ removed from a 6.5.0 or newer release.) fetchmail 6.4.2 (not yet released): ## BREAKING CHANGES: -* fetchmailconf now supports Python 3, but also requires Python 2.7.13 as - minimum version, but should only be used with 2.7.16 or newer (due to SSL - changes). Older Python versions may check SSL certificates not strictly - enough which will then cause complaints by fetchmail later. -* fetchmailconf requires the future package, https://pypi.org/project/future/ +* fetchmailconf now supports Python 3 and currently requires the "future" + package, see https://pypi.org/project/future/. +* The minimum supported version is now Python 2.7.13, but it is recommended + to use at least 2.7.16 (due to its massive SSL updates). + Older Python versions may check SSL certificates not strictly + enough which will may cause fetchmail to complain later when the + certificate isn't compliant. * fetchmailconf now autoprobes SSL-wrapped connections (ports 993 and 995 for IMAP and POP3) as well and by preference. * fetchmailconf now defaults newly created users to "ssl" if either of the |