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@ -10,12 +10,21 @@ can scale to tens of thousands of open connections, making it ideal for
applications that require a long-lived connection to each user. applications that require a long-lived connection to each user.
Upgrade notes
-------------
As of Tornado 3.2, the `backports.ssl_match_hostname
<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports.ssl_match_hostname>`_ package
must be installed when running Tornado on Python 2. This will be
installed automatically when using ``pip`` or ``easy_install``.
Quick links Quick links
----------- -----------
* `Documentation <http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_ * `Documentation <http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_
* `Source (github) <https://github.com/facebook/tornado>`_ * `Source (github) <https://github.com/facebook/tornado>`_
* `Mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/python-tornado>`_ * `Mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/python-tornado>`_
* `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tornado>`_
* `Wiki <https://github.com/facebook/tornado/wiki/Links>`_ * `Wiki <https://github.com/facebook/tornado/wiki/Links>`_
Hello, world Hello, world
@ -68,9 +77,13 @@ copy of the source tarball as well.
The Tornado source code is `hosted on GitHub The Tornado source code is `hosted on GitHub
<https://github.com/facebook/tornado>`_. <https://github.com/facebook/tornado>`_.
**Prerequisites**: Tornado runs on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3. It has **Prerequisites**: Tornado runs on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3. On
no strict dependencies outside the Python standard library, although some Python 2, the `backports.ssl_match_hostname
features may require one of the following libraries: <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports.ssl_match_hostname>`_ package
must be installed (This will be installed automatically when using
``pip`` or ``easy_install``); on Python 3 there are no strict
dependencies outside the standard library. Some Tornado features may
require one of the following optional libraries:
* `unittest2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2>`_ is needed to run * `unittest2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2>`_ is needed to run
Tornado's test suite on Python 2.6 (it is unnecessary on more recent Tornado's test suite on Python 2.6 (it is unnecessary on more recent
@ -93,9 +106,12 @@ features may require one of the following libraries:
**Platforms**: Tornado should run on any Unix-like platform, although **Platforms**: Tornado should run on any Unix-like platform, although
for the best performance and scalability only Linux (with ``epoll``) for the best performance and scalability only Linux (with ``epoll``)
and BSD (with ``kqueue``) are recommended (even though Mac OS X is and BSD (with ``kqueue``) are recommended for production deployment
derived from BSD and supports kqueue, its networking performance is (even though Mac OS X is derived from BSD and supports kqueue, its
generally poor so it is recommended only for development use). networking performance is generally poor so it is recommended only for
development use). Tornado will also run on Windows, although this
configuration is not officially supported and is recommended only for
development use.
Discussion and support Discussion and support
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