@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ can remove the tracker using ``rm -f`` on the ``demo`` directory.
172172Prerequisites
173173=============
174174
175- Roundup requires Python 2.7 or 3.6 or newer with a functioning anydbm
175+ Roundup requires Python 2.7 [3]_ or 3.6 or newer with a functioning anydbm
176176or sqlite module. The version installed by most vendors should work if
177177it meets the version requirements. If necessary, you can download the
178178latest version from https://www.python.org/. It is highly recommended
@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@ requests
288288.. _Using Redis for Session Databases:
289289 admin_guide.html#using-redis-for-session-databases
290290
291+ .. [3] Do not use Python 2 for new installs. The continuous
292+ integration and other services used for developing Roundup
293+ are dropping support for Python 2. Also optional packages
294+ are dropping Python 2 support. As a result Python 2 may
295+ not be supported for many more release cycles.
296+
291297Installing Roundup
292298==================
293299
@@ -478,7 +484,7 @@ in the following steps.
478484 interface. To set that up, we need to `configure a web interface`_ and
479485 optionally `configure an email interface`_. If you want to try your
480486 new tracker out, assuming the ``web`` setting in the
481- ``[tracker]`` [3 ]_ section of config.ini is set to
487+ ``[tracker]`` [4 ]_ section of config.ini is set to
482488 ``'http://localhost:8080/support/'``, run::
483489
484490 roundup-server support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
@@ -497,7 +503,7 @@ in the following steps.
497503 to run the server at port 1080 and bind to all ip addresses on your system.
498504 Then direct your web browser to ``http://your_host_name:1080/support/``.
499505
500- .. [3 ] The rest of the documentation uses the abbreviated form "tracker ::
506+ .. [4 ] The rest of the documentation uses the abbreviated form "tracker ::
501507 web" for specifying a section and setting.
502508
503509Choosing Your Template
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