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diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst index 95f4e33300..b214a15526 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.rst +++ b/UPGRADE.rst @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ returned by the Client-Server API: Upgrading to v0.34.0 ==================== -1. This release is the first to fully support Python 3. We recommend switching - to Python 3, as it has been shown to give performance improvements. +1. This release is the first to fully support Python 3. Synapse will now run on + Python versions 3.5, or 3.6 (as well as 2.7). We recommend switching to + Python 3, as it has been shown to give performance improvements. For users who have installed Synapse into a virtualenv, we recommend doing this by creating a new virtualenv. For example:: @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ Upgrading to v0.34.0 synctl start Users who have installed from distribution packages should see the relevant - package documentation. + package documentation. See below for notes on Debian packages. * When upgrading to Python 3, you **must** make sure that your log files are configured as UTF-8, by adding ``encoding: utf8`` to the @@ -107,6 +108,13 @@ Upgrading to v0.34.0 There is no need to revert this change if downgrading to Python 2. + We are also making available Debian packages which will run Synapse on + Python 3. You can switch to these packages with ``apt-get install + matrix-synapse-py3``, however, please read `debian/NEWS + <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v0.34.0/debian/NEWS>`_ + before doing so. The existing ``matrix-synapse`` packages will continue to + use Python 2 for the time being. + 2. This release removes the ``riot.im`` from the default list of trusted identity servers. |