From d3f339e6f6d9edc02fc49fa977f4d9c41a57f6c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Ayoub Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:33:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a support section to user documentation. --- user_documentation.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/user_documentation.rst b/user_documentation.rst index 72b0dd9c..1009fc0a 100644 --- a/user_documentation.rst +++ b/user_documentation.rst @@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ Linux users certainly have Python already installed. For Windows and MacOS users, please install Python [#]_ thanks to the adequate installer. -.. [#] HTTPS support depends on the ``ssl`` module, only available from Python - 2.6. Nevertheless, Radicale without TLS encryption works well with Python - 2.5. +.. [#] See `Python Versions and OS Support`_ for further information. .. [#] `Python download page `_. @@ -156,3 +154,24 @@ All the options of the ``server`` part can be changed with command line options. These options are available by typing:: radicale --help + + +Python Versions and OS Support +============================== + +TLS Support +----------- + +HTTPS support depends on the ``ssl`` module, only available from Python +2.6. Nevertheless, Radicale without TLS encryption works well with Python 2.5. + +Moreover, python 2.6 suffers `a bug `_ +causing huge timeout problems with SSL. No workaround will be added in +Radicale, please ask the Python developpers for a fix or use Python 3.x. + +Crypt Support +------------- + +With the htpasswd access, many encryption methods are available, and crypt is the +default one in Radicale. Unfortunately, the ``crypt`` module is not unavailable on +Windows, you have to pick another method on this OS.