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Re: Time to drop plpython2?

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2021-11-01T05:53:01Z
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On 31.10.21 19:45, Andres Freund wrote:
> To me it seems time to drop plpython2 support. Supporting plpython2
> until ~7 years after python2 is EOL is already quite long... It'd be one
> thing if it were completely painless, but imo it's not.
> 
> I was about to list better plpython2/3 support (including the regex
> replacements for the regress tests) as a TODO for the meson proposal,
> but it doesn't really seem worth investing in that...

Usually, we have dropped support for older Python versions when 
continued support would be a burden for some ongoing development 
project.  This would certainly count as one of those, I think.

Commits

  1. plpython: add missing plpython.h include to plpy_plpymodule.h

  2. plpython: Adjust docs after removal of Python 2 support.

  3. plpython: Code cleanup related to removal of Python 2 support.

  4. plpython: Remove regression test infrastructure for Python 2.

  5. plpython: Remove plpythonu, plpython2u and associated transform extensions.

  6. plpython: Reject Python 2 during build configuration.

  7. Add traceback information to PL/Python errors