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Re: Time to drop plpython2?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-01-12T18:42:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 2:39 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> Well, the minimum supported version has always been the oldest version
> that actually works.  I don't think we ever said, we support >= X, even
> though < X still actually works, about any dependency.

I think that we sometimes say that versions < X are unsupported if we
are unable to test whether or not they work. In other words, I think
the relevant question is whether we are able to demonstrate that it
works, not whether it actually does work.

-- 
Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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