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Update README explanation of old Python and ABI tags
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``pypy3_71``) are the binary ABI tags for the relevant version of PyPy.
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You can probably ignore them.
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Before PyPy 7.3.0 (and wheel 0.34), tags looked like ``pp273-pypy_73`` or
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``pp373-pypy36_pp73``, where ``273`` and ``373`` mean "Python [2|3]",
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"PyPy 7.3.x".
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Before pip 20 and wheel 0.34, tags looked like ``pp273-pypy_73`` or
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``pp373-pypy36_pp73``, where ``273`` and ``373`` mean "Python [2|3]",
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"PyPy 7.3.x". Pre-7.3.0 versions of PyPy do not support pip>=20, and thus
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still rely on these old PyPy PEP 425 tags.
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.. _`PEP 425`: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0425/

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