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Re: Time to drop plpython2?

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

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From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: 2022-02-18T19:37:16Z
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Hi,

On 2022-02-18 14:19:49 -0500, Joe Conway wrote:
> On 2/17/22 13:08, Andres Freund wrote:
> > On 2022-02-16 23:14:46 -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> > > > Done. Curious how red the BF will turn out to be. Let's hope it's not
> > > > too bad.
> 
> > > - rhinoceros
> > 
> > Joe replied that he is afk, looking into it tomorrow.
> 
> I installed python3 packages (initially forgetting the devel package --
> d'oh!) and changed build-farm.conf thusly:
> 
> 8<-------------------
> ***************
> *** 185,190 ****
> --- 185,193 ----
> 
>         build_env => {
> 
> +               # specify python 3
> +               PYTHON => 'python3',
> +
>                 # use a dedicated cache for the build farm. this should give
> us
>                 # very high hit rates and slightly faster cache searching.
>                 #
> 8<-------------------
> 
> That seems to have worked.
> 
> But the question is, is that the correct/recommended method?

If python3 is in PATH, then you shouldn't need that part.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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