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author | Jeremy T. Bouse <jbouse@debian.org> | 2014-05-11 22:30:26 -0400 |
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committer | Jeremy T. Bouse <jbouse@debian.org> | 2014-05-11 22:30:26 -0400 |
commit | 56d4b9be3ecb1f4dc6fd6c081d58286e323955b7 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'upstream/1.14.0'
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diff --git a/sites/_shared_static/logo.png b/sites/_shared_static/logo.png Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index bc76697..0000000 --- a/sites/_shared_static/logo.png +++ /dev/null diff --git a/sites/docs/api/agent.rst b/sites/docs/api/agent.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b614a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/agent.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +SSH Agents +========== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.agent + :inherited-members: + :no-special-members: diff --git a/sites/docs/api/buffered_pipe.rst b/sites/docs/api/buffered_pipe.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54d87c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/buffered_pipe.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Buffered pipes +============== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.buffered_pipe diff --git a/sites/docs/api/channel.rst b/sites/docs/api/channel.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e71526f --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/channel.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Channel +======= + +.. automodule:: paramiko.channel diff --git a/sites/docs/api/client.rst b/sites/docs/api/client.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b201812 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/client.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Client +====== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.client + :member-order: bysource diff --git a/sites/docs/api/config.rst b/sites/docs/api/config.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afb004c --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/config.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Configuration +============= + +.. automodule:: paramiko.config + :member-order: bysource diff --git a/sites/docs/api/file.rst b/sites/docs/api/file.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..199f3ec --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/file.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Buffered files +============== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.file diff --git a/sites/docs/api/hostkeys.rst b/sites/docs/api/hostkeys.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..770652f --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/hostkeys.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Host keys / ``known_hosts`` files +================================= + +.. automodule:: paramiko.hostkeys + :member-order: bysource diff --git a/sites/docs/api/keys.rst b/sites/docs/api/keys.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af7b58c --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/keys.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Key handling +============ + +.. automodule:: paramiko.pkey +.. automodule:: paramiko.dsskey +.. automodule:: paramiko.rsakey diff --git a/sites/docs/api/message.rst b/sites/docs/api/message.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d531e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/message.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Message +======= + +.. automodule:: paramiko.message diff --git a/sites/docs/api/packet.rst b/sites/docs/api/packet.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4089203 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/packet.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Packetizer +========== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.packet diff --git a/sites/docs/api/pipe.rst b/sites/docs/api/pipe.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e480446 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/pipe.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Cross-platform pipe implementations +=================================== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.pipe diff --git a/sites/docs/api/proxy.rst b/sites/docs/api/proxy.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..489b14e --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/proxy.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +``ProxyCommand`` support +======================== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.proxy diff --git a/sites/docs/api/server.rst b/sites/docs/api/server.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea85454 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/server.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Server implementation +===================== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.server + :member-order: bysource diff --git a/sites/docs/api/sftp.rst b/sites/docs/api/sftp.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..956eada --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/sftp.rst @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +SFTP +==== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_client +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_server +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_attr +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_file + :inherited-members: + :no-special-members: + :show-inheritance: +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_handle +.. automodule:: paramiko.sftp_si diff --git a/sites/docs/api/ssh_exception.rst b/sites/docs/api/ssh_exception.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64872dc --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/ssh_exception.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Exceptions +========== + +.. automodule:: paramiko.ssh_exception diff --git a/sites/docs/api/transport.rst b/sites/docs/api/transport.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c9d9fd --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/docs/api/transport.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Transport +========= + +.. automodule:: paramiko.transport + :member-order: bysource diff --git a/sites/docs/conf.py b/sites/docs/conf.py index 0c7ffe5..5674fed 100644 --- a/sites/docs/conf.py +++ b/sites/docs/conf.py @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ # Obtain shared config values import os, sys sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('..')) +sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../..')) from shared_conf import * + +# Enable autodoc, intersphinx +extensions.extend(['sphinx.ext.autodoc']) + +# Autodoc settings +autodoc_default_flags = ['members', 'special-members'] + +# Sister-site links to WWW +html_theme_options['extra_nav_links'] = { + "Main website": 'http://www.paramiko.org', +} diff --git a/sites/docs/index.rst b/sites/docs/index.rst index 08b3432..f336b39 100644 --- a/sites/docs/index.rst +++ b/sites/docs/index.rst @@ -1,6 +1,72 @@ +==================================== Welcome to Paramiko's documentation! ==================================== This site covers Paramiko's usage & API documentation. For basic info on what Paramiko is, including its public changelog & how the project is maintained, -please see `the main website <http://paramiko.org>`_. +please see `the main project website <http://paramiko.org>`_. + + +API documentation +================= + +The high-level client API starts with creation of an `.SSHClient` object. For +more direct control, pass a socket (or socket-like object) to a `.Transport`, +and use `start_server <.Transport.start_server>` or `start_client +<.Transport.start_client>` to negotiate with the remote host as either a server +or client. + +As a client, you are responsible for authenticating using a password or private +key, and checking the server's host key. (Key signature and verification is +done by paramiko, but you will need to provide private keys and check that the +content of a public key matches what you expected to see.) + +As a server, you are responsible for deciding which users, passwords, and keys +to allow, and what kind of channels to allow. + +Once you have finished, either side may request flow-controlled `channels +<.Channel>` to the other side, which are Python objects that act like sockets, +but send and receive data over the encrypted session. + +For details, please see the following tables of contents (which are organized +by area of interest.) + + +Core SSH protocol classes +------------------------- + +.. toctree:: + api/channel + api/client + api/message + api/packet + api/transport + + +Authentication & keys +--------------------- + +.. toctree:: + api/agent + api/hostkeys + api/keys + + +Other primary functions +----------------------- + +.. toctree:: + api/config + api/proxy + api/server + api/sftp + + +Miscellany +---------- + +.. toctree:: + api/buffered_pipe + api/file + api/pipe + api/ssh_exception diff --git a/sites/shared_conf.py b/sites/shared_conf.py index 86ecdfe..6990838 100644 --- a/sites/shared_conf.py +++ b/sites/shared_conf.py @@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ from datetime import datetime -import os -import sys import alabaster # Alabaster theme + mini-extension html_theme_path = [alabaster.get_path()] -extensions = ['alabaster'] +extensions = ['alabaster', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx'] # Paths relative to invoking conf.py - not this shared file -html_static_path = ['../_shared_static'] html_theme = 'alabaster' html_theme_options = { 'description': "A Python implementation of SSHv2.", @@ -17,9 +14,7 @@ html_theme_options = { 'github_repo': 'paramiko', 'gittip_user': 'bitprophet', 'analytics_id': 'UA-18486793-2', - - 'link': '#3782BE', - 'link_hover': '#3782BE', + 'travis_button': True, } html_sidebars = { '**': [ @@ -30,10 +25,15 @@ html_sidebars = { ] } +# Everything intersphinx's to Python +intersphinx_mapping = { + 'python': ('http://docs.python.org/2.6', None), +} + # Regular settings -project = u'Paramiko' +project = 'Paramiko' year = datetime.now().year -copyright = u'%d Jeff Forcier' % year +copyright = '%d Jeff Forcier' % year master_doc = 'index' templates_path = ['_templates'] exclude_trees = ['_build'] diff --git a/sites/www/blog.py b/sites/www/blog.py deleted file mode 100644 index 3b129eb..0000000 --- a/sites/www/blog.py +++ /dev/null @@ -1,140 +0,0 @@ -from collections import namedtuple -from datetime import datetime -import time -import email.utils - -from sphinx.util.compat import Directive -from docutils import nodes - - -class BlogDateDirective(Directive): - """ - Used to parse/attach date info to blog post documents. - - No nodes generated, since none are needed. - """ - has_content = True - - def run(self): - # Tag parent document with parsed date value. - self.state.document.blog_date = datetime.strptime( - self.content[0], "%Y-%m-%d" - ) - # Don't actually insert any nodes, we're already done. - return [] - -class blog_post_list(nodes.General, nodes.Element): - pass - -class BlogPostListDirective(Directive): - """ - Simply spits out a 'blog_post_list' temporary node for replacement. - - Gets replaced at doctree-resolved time - only then will all blog post - documents be written out (& their date directives executed). - """ - def run(self): - return [blog_post_list('')] - - -Post = namedtuple('Post', 'name doc title date opener') - -def get_posts(app): - # Obtain blog posts - post_names = filter(lambda x: x.startswith('blog/'), app.env.found_docs) - posts = map(lambda x: (x, app.env.get_doctree(x)), post_names) - # Obtain common data used for list page & RSS - data = [] - for post, doc in sorted(posts, key=lambda x: x[1].blog_date, reverse=True): - # Welp. No "nice" way to get post title. Thanks Sphinx. - title = doc[0][0][0] - # Date. This may or may not end up reflecting the required - # *input* format, but doing it here gives us flexibility. - date = doc.blog_date - # 1st paragraph as opener. TODO: allow a role or something marking - # where to actually pull from? - opener = doc.traverse(nodes.paragraph)[0] - data.append(Post(post, doc, title, date, opener)) - return data - -def replace_blog_post_lists(app, doctree, fromdocname): - """ - Replace blog_post_list nodes with ordered list-o-links to posts. - """ - # Obtain blog posts - post_names = filter(lambda x: x.startswith('blog/'), app.env.found_docs) - posts = map(lambda x: (x, app.env.get_doctree(x)), post_names) - # Build "list" of links/etc - post_links = [] - for post, doc, title, date, opener in get_posts(app): - # Link itself - uri = app.builder.get_relative_uri(fromdocname, post) - link = nodes.reference('', '', refdocname=post, refuri=uri) - # Title, bolded. TODO: use 'topic' or something maybe? - link.append(nodes.strong('', title)) - date = date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") - # Meh @ not having great docutils nodes which map to this. - html = '<div class="timestamp"><span>%s</span></div>' % date - timestamp = nodes.raw(text=html, format='html') - # NOTE: may group these within another element later if styling - # necessitates it - group = [timestamp, nodes.paragraph('', '', link), opener] - post_links.extend(group) - - # Replace temp node(s) w/ expanded list-o-links - for node in doctree.traverse(blog_post_list): - node.replace_self(post_links) - -def rss_timestamp(timestamp): - # Use horribly inappropriate module for its magical daylight-savings-aware - # timezone madness. Props to Tinkerer for the idea. - return email.utils.formatdate( - time.mktime(timestamp.timetuple()), - localtime=True - ) - -def generate_rss(app): - # Meh at having to run this subroutine like 3x per build. Not worth trying - # to be clever for now tho. - posts_ = get_posts(app) - # LOL URLs - root = app.config.rss_link - if not root.endswith('/'): - root += '/' - # Oh boy - posts = [ - ( - root + app.builder.get_target_uri(x.name), - x.title, - str(x.opener[0]), # Grab inner text element from paragraph - rss_timestamp(x.date), - ) - for x in posts_ - ] - location = 'blog/rss.xml' - context = { - 'title': app.config.project, - 'link': root, - 'atom': root + location, - 'description': app.config.rss_description, - # 'posts' is sorted by date already - 'date': rss_timestamp(posts_[0].date), - 'posts': posts, - } - yield (location, context, 'rss.xml') - -def setup(app): - # Link in RSS feed back to main website, e.g. 'http://paramiko.org' - app.add_config_value('rss_link', None, '') - # Ditto for RSS description field - app.add_config_value('rss_description', None, '') - # Interprets date metadata in blog post documents - app.add_directive('date', BlogDateDirective) - # Inserts blog post list node (in e.g. a listing page) for replacement - # below - app.add_node(blog_post_list) - app.add_directive('blog-posts', BlogPostListDirective) - # Performs abovementioned replacement - app.connect('doctree-resolved', replace_blog_post_lists) - # Generates RSS page from whole cloth at page generation step - app.connect('html-collect-pages', generate_rss) diff --git a/sites/www/blog.rst b/sites/www/blog.rst deleted file mode 100644 index af9651e..0000000 --- a/sites/www/blog.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -==== -Blog -==== - -.. blog-posts directive gets replaced with an ordered list of blog posts. - -.. blog-posts:: - - -.. The following toctree ensures blog posts get processed. - -.. toctree:: - :hidden: - :glob: - - blog/* diff --git a/sites/www/blog/first-post.rst b/sites/www/blog/first-post.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 7b07507..0000000 --- a/sites/www/blog/first-post.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -=========== -First post! -=========== - -A blog post. - -.. date:: 2013-12-04 diff --git a/sites/www/blog/second-post.rst b/sites/www/blog/second-post.rst deleted file mode 100644 index c4463f3..0000000 --- a/sites/www/blog/second-post.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -=========== -Another one -=========== - -.. date:: 2013-12-05 - -Indeed! diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst index ffacf6e..f8a4d2c 100644 --- a/sites/www/changelog.rst +++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst @@ -2,9 +2,70 @@ Changelog ========= +* :release:`1.14.0 <2014-05-07>` +* :release:`1.13.1 <2014-05-07>` +* :release:`1.12.4 <2014-05-07>` +* :release:`1.11.6 <2014-05-07>` +* :bug:`-` `paramiko.file.BufferedFile.read` incorrectly returned text strings + after the Python 3 migration, despite bytes being more appropriate for file + contents (which may be binary or of an unknown encoding.) This has been + addressed. + + .. note:: + `paramiko.file.BufferedFile.readline` continues to return strings, not + bytes, as "lines" only make sense for textual data. It assumes UTF-8 by + default. + + This should fix `this issue raised on the Obnam mailing list + <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.obnam/252>`_. Thanks + to Antoine Brenner for the patch. +* :bug:`-` Added self.args for exception classes. Used for unpickling. Related + to (`Fabric #986 <https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/986>`_, `Fabric + #714 <https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/714>`_). Thanks to Alex + Plugaru. +* :bug:`-` Fix logging error in sftp_client for filenames containing the '%' + character. Thanks to Antoine Brenner. +* :bug:`308` Fix regression in dsskey.py that caused sporadic signature + verification failures. Thanks to Chris Rose. +* :support:`299` Use deterministic signatures for ECDSA keys for improved + security. Thanks to Alex Gaynor. +* :support:`297` Replace PyCrypto's ``Random`` with `os.urandom` for improved + speed and security. Thanks again to Alex. +* :support:`295` Swap out a bunch of PyCrypto hash functions with use of + `hashlib`. Thanks to Alex Gaynor. +* :support:`290` (also :issue:`292`) Add support for building universal + (Python 2+3 compatible) wheel files during the release process. Courtesy of + Alex Gaynor. +* :support:`284` Add Python language trove identifiers to ``setup.py``. Thanks + to Alex Gaynor for catch & patch. +* :bug:`235` Improve string type testing in a handful of spots (e.g. ``s/if + type(x) is str/if isinstance(x, basestring)/g``.) Thanks to ``@ksamuel`` for + the report. +* :release:`1.13.0 <2014-03-13>` +* :release:`1.12.3 <2014-03-13>` +* :release:`1.11.5 <2014-03-13>` +* :release:`1.10.7 <2014-03-13>` +* :feature:`16` **Python 3 support!** Our test suite passes under Python 3, and + it (& Fabric's test suite) continues to pass under Python 2. **Python 2.5 is + no longer supported with this change!** + + The merged code was built on many contributors' efforts, both code & + feedback. In no particular order, we thank Daniel Goertzen, Ivan Kolodyazhny, + Tomi Pieviläinen, Jason R. Coombs, Jan N. Schulze, ``@Lazik``, Dorian Pula, + Scott Maxwell, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, Aaron Meurer, and Dave Halter. +* :support:`256 backported` Convert API documentation to Sphinx, yielding a new + API docs website to replace the old Epydoc one. Thanks to Olle Lundberg for + the initial conversion work. +* :bug:`-` Use constant-time hash comparison operations where possible, to + protect against `timing-based attacks + <http://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/>`_. Thanks to Alex Gaynor + for the patch. * :release:`1.12.2 <2014-02-14>` * :release:`1.11.4 <2014-02-14>` * :release:`1.10.6 <2014-02-14>` +* :feature:`58` Allow client code to access the stored SSH server banner via + `Transport.get_banner <paramiko.transport.Transport.get_banner>`. Thanks to + ``@Jhoanor`` for the patch. * :bug:`252` (`Fabric #1020 <https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/1020>`_) Enhanced the implementation of ``ProxyCommand`` to avoid a deadlock/hang condition that frequently occurs at ``Transport`` shutdown time. Thanks to @@ -29,10 +90,10 @@ Changelog * :release:`1.12.0 <2013-09-27>` * :release:`1.11.2 <2013-09-27>` * :release:`1.10.4 <2013-09-27>` -* :feature:`152` Add tentative support for ECDSA keys. *This adds the ecdsa - module as a new dependency of Paramiko.* The module is available at - [warner/python-ecdsa on Github](https://github.com/warner/python-ecdsa) and - [ecdsa on PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ecdsa). +* :feature:`152` Add tentative support for ECDSA keys. **This adds the ecdsa + module as a new dependency of Paramiko.** The module is available at + `warner/python-ecdsa on Github <https://github.com/warner/python-ecdsa>`_ and + `ecdsa on PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ecdsa>`_. * Note that you might still run into problems with key negotiation -- Paramiko picks the first key that the server offers, which might not be diff --git a/sites/www/conf.py b/sites/www/conf.py index 481acdf..bdb5929 100644 --- a/sites/www/conf.py +++ b/sites/www/conf.py @@ -6,15 +6,10 @@ from os.path import abspath, join, dirname sys.path.append(abspath(join(dirname(__file__), '..'))) from shared_conf import * -# Local blog extension -sys.path.append(abspath('.')) -extensions.append('blog') -rss_link = 'http://paramiko.org' -rss_description = 'Paramiko project news' - # Releases changelog extension extensions.append('releases') -releases_release_uri = "https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/tree/%s" +# Paramiko 1.x tags start with 'v'. Meh. +releases_release_uri = "https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/tree/v%s" releases_issue_uri = "https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/%s" # Intersphinx for referencing API/usage docs @@ -24,10 +19,8 @@ extensions.append('sphinx.ext.intersphinx') target = join(dirname(__file__), '..', 'docs', '_build') if os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS') == 'True': # TODO: switch to docs.paramiko.org post go-live of sphinx API docs - target = 'http://paramiko-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/' -#intersphinx_mapping = { -# 'docs': (target, None), -#} + target = 'http://docs.paramiko.org/en/latest/' +intersphinx_mapping['docs'] = (target, None) # Sister-site links to API docs html_theme_options['extra_nav_links'] = { diff --git a/sites/www/contributing.rst b/sites/www/contributing.rst index 2b752cc..634c2b2 100644 --- a/sites/www/contributing.rst +++ b/sites/www/contributing.rst @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ How to submit bug reports or new code Please see `this project-agnostic contribution guide <http://contribution-guide.org>`_ - we follow it explicitly. + +Our current changelog is located in ``sites/www/changelog.rst`` - the top +level files like ``ChangeLog.*`` and ``NEWS`` are historical only. diff --git a/sites/www/faq.rst b/sites/www/faq.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7e8001 --- /dev/null +++ b/sites/www/faq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +=================================== +Frequently Asked/Answered Questions +=================================== + +Which version should I use? I see multiple active releases. +=========================================================== + +Please see :ref:`the installation docs <release-lines>` which have an explicit +section about this topic. diff --git a/sites/www/index.rst b/sites/www/index.rst index 7fefedd..1b60970 100644 --- a/sites/www/index.rst +++ b/sites/www/index.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Welcome to Paramiko! ==================== -Paramiko is a Python (2.5+) implementation of the SSHv2 protocol [#]_, +Paramiko is a Python (2.6+, 3.3+) implementation of the SSHv2 protocol [#]_, providing both client and server functionality. While it leverages a Python C extension for low level cryptography (`PyCrypto <http://pycrypto.org>`_), Paramiko itself is a pure Python interface around SSH networking concepts. @@ -11,19 +11,17 @@ contribution guidelines, development roadmap, news/blog, and so forth. Detailed usage and API documentation can be found at our code documentation site, `docs.paramiko.org <http://docs.paramiko.org>`_. +Please see the sidebar to the left to begin. + .. toctree:: + :hidden: + changelog + FAQs <faq> installing contributing contact -.. Hide blog in hidden toctree for now (to avoid warnings.) - -.. toctree:: - :hidden: - - blog - .. rubric:: Footnotes diff --git a/sites/www/installing.rst b/sites/www/installing.rst index 0d4dc1a..a28ce6c 100644 --- a/sites/www/installing.rst +++ b/sites/www/installing.rst @@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ Installing ========== +.. _paramiko-itself: + Paramiko itself =============== -The recommended way to get Invoke is to **install the latest stable release** +The recommended way to get Paramiko is to **install the latest stable release** via `pip <http://pip-installer.org>`_:: $ pip install paramiko @@ -14,50 +16,44 @@ via `pip <http://pip-installer.org>`_:: Users who want the bleeding edge can install the development version via ``pip install paramiko==dev``. -We currently support **Python 2.5/2.6/2.7**, with support for Python 3 coming -soon. Users on Python 2.4 or older are urged to upgrade. Paramiko *may* work on -Python 2.4 still, but there is no longer any support guarantee. +We currently support **Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3** (Python **3.2** should also +work but has a less-strong compatibility guarantee from us.) Users on Python +2.5 or older are urged to upgrade. -Paramiko has two dependencies: the pure-Python ECDSA module `ecdsa`, and the -PyCrypto C extension. `ecdsa` is easily installable from wherever you +Paramiko has two dependencies: the pure-Python ECDSA module ``ecdsa``, and the +PyCrypto C extension. ``ecdsa`` is easily installable from wherever you obtained Paramiko's package; PyCrypto may require more work. Read on for details. -PyCrypto -======== - -`PyCrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>`_ provides the low-level -(C-based) encryption algorithms we need to implement the SSH protocol. There -are a couple gotchas associated with installing PyCrypto: its compatibility -with Python's package tools, and the fact that it is a C-based extension. +.. _release-lines: -.. _pycrypto-and-pip: +Release lines +------------- -Possible gotcha on older Python and/or pip versions ---------------------------------------------------- +Users desiring stability may wish to pin themselves to a specific release line +once they first start using Paramiko; to assist in this, we guarantee bugfixes +for at least the last 2-3 releases including the latest stable one. This currently means Paramiko **1.11** through **1.13**. -We strongly recommend using ``pip`` to as it is newer and generally better than -``easy_install``. However, a combination of bugs in specific (now rather old) -versions of Python, ``pip`` and PyCrypto can prevent installation of PyCrypto. -Specifically: +If you're unsure which version to install, we have suggestions: -* Python = 2.5.x -* PyCrypto >= 2.1 (required for most modern versions of Paramiko) -* ``pip`` < 0.8.1 +* **Completely new users** should always default to the **latest stable + release** (as above, whatever is newest / whatever shows up with ``pip + install paramiko``.) +* **Users upgrading from a much older version** (e.g. the 1.7.x line) should + probably get the **oldest actively supported line** (see the paragraph above + this list for what that currently is.) +* **Everybody else** is hopefully already "on" a given version and can + carefully upgrade to whichever version they care to, when their release line + stops being supported. -When all three criteria are met, you may encounter ``No such file or -directory`` IOErrors when trying to ``pip install paramiko`` or ``pip install -PyCrypto``. -The fix is to make sure at least one of the above criteria is not met, by doing -the following (in order of preference): - -* Upgrade to ``pip`` 0.8.1 or above, e.g. by running ``pip install -U pip``. -* Upgrade to Python 2.6 or above. -* Downgrade to Paramiko 1.7.6 or 1.7.7, which do not require PyCrypto >= 2.1, - and install PyCrypto 2.0.1 (the oldest version on PyPI which works with - Paramiko 1.7.6/1.7.7) +PyCrypto +======== +`PyCrypto <https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/>`_ provides the low-level +(C-based) encryption algorithms we need to implement the SSH protocol. There +are a couple gotchas associated with installing PyCrypto: its compatibility +with Python's package tools, and the fact that it is a C-based extension. C extension ----------- |