Merge pull request #2232 from rpv-tomsk/processes

[collectd.git] / src / collectd-python.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd-python.pod b/src/collectd-python.pod
index 4647a11..6a83b97 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-python.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-python.pod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ for collectd in Python. This is a lot more efficient than executing a
 Python-script every time you want to read a value with the C<exec plugin> (see
 L<collectd-exec(5)>) and provides a lot more functionality, too.
 
-The minimum required Python version is I<2.3>.
+The minimum required Python version is I<2.6>.
 
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ way of entering your commands. The daemonized collectd won't do that.
 
 =item *
 
-B<2.> collectd will block I<SIGINT>. Pressing I<Ctrl+C> will usually cause
+B<2.> Python will be handling I<SIGINT>. Pressing I<Ctrl+C> will usually cause
 collectd to shut down. This would be problematic in an interactive session,
-therefore this signal will be blocked. You can still use it to interrupt
-syscalls like sleep and pause but it won't generate a I<KeyboardInterrupt>
-exception either.
+therefore Python will be handling it in interactive sessions. This allows you
+to use I<Ctrl+C> to interrupt Python code without killing collectd. This also
+means you can catch I<KeyboardInterrupt> exceptions which does not work during
+normal operation.
 
 To quit collectd send I<EOF> (press I<Ctrl+D> at the beginning of a new line).
 
@@ -716,7 +717,7 @@ dispatched by the python plugin after upgrades.
 =item *
 
 Not all aspects of the collectd API are accessible from Python. This includes
-but is not limited to filters and data sets.
+but is not limited to filters.
 
 =back