From 10d262fb09e372e01a85afe74e2385a1fb784b6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rui Carmo Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 14:36:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 14e464b..f21007f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Somewhat to my surprise it was considered useful by quite a few people throughou ## Requirements -This script should work on Python 2.5 or above without any extra dependencies whatsoever. +This script should work on Python 2.5 or above without any extra dependencies whatsoever. It _does not_ work with Python 3 (needs refactoring, see below): ## Contributing -I am accepting pull requests, but bear in mind that one of the goals of this script is to run on _older_ Python versions, so as to save sysadmins stuck in the Dark Ages the trouble of installing a newer Python (much to my own amazement, this was originally written in Python 2.3). +I am accepting pull requests, but bear in mind that one of the original goals of this script was to run on _older_ Python versions, so as to save sysadmins stuck in the Dark Ages the trouble of installing a newer Python (much to my own amazement, this was originally written in Python 2.3). -I would be delighted to bring it fully up to date with Python 2.7.x/3.x, etc., and have considered adding multi-threading/multiprocessing to speed it up, but time is short enough as it is. If you feel up to the task just send me a pull request with a "new" main script with the target Python version as part of its name - something like `imapbackup27.py`, etc. +I would be delighted to bring it fully up to date with Python 2.7.x/3.x, etc., and have considered adding multi-threading/multiprocessing to speed it up, but time is short enough as it is. If you feel up to the task just send me a pull request with a "new" main script with the target Python version as part of its name - something like `imapbackup27.py`, `imapbackup39.py`, etc. # Disclaimer