From db96e00717e9e2837165603a3a63526de4cc5f06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nadia Dencheva Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:23:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README to exclude Python 3.12 from supported versions. --- README.md | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e551e41010..e7e5afc7a3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ![STScI Logo](docs/_static/stsci_logo.png) -**JWST requires Python 3.9 or above and a C compiler for dependencies.** +**JWST requires a C compiler for dependencies and is currently limited to Python 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11.** + +**Until Python 3.12 is supported, fresh conda environments will require setting the + Python version to one of the three supported versions.** **Linux and MacOS platforms are tested and supported. Windows is not currently supported.** @@ -50,13 +53,13 @@ Remember that all conda operations must be done from within a bash/zsh shell. You can install the latest released version via `pip`. From a bash/zsh shell: - conda create -n python + conda create -n python=3.11 conda activate pip install jwst You can also install a specific version: - conda create -n python + conda create -n python=3.11 conda activate pip install jwst==1.9.4 @@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ You can also install a specific version: You can install the latest development version (not as well tested) from the Github master branch: - conda create -n python + conda create -n python=3.11 conda activate pip install git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/jwst @@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ already installed with released versions of the `jwst` package. As usual, the first two steps are to create and activate an environment: - conda create -n python + conda create -n python=3.11 conda activate To install your own copy of the code into that environment, you first need to