Re: Time to drop plpython2?

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:12 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > It'd only be an issue if they want to compile from source, right?
> > We're not speaking of changing the runtime prerequisites, IIUC.
>
> I'm not sure.  Does it make sense to document that pl/python has
> a different Python version requirement than the build system does?
> If we do, who exactly is going to be testing that such a combination
> works?  Will it even be possible to compile pl/python against Python
> headers/libs of a different Python generation than meson is running
> under?

Hmm, that's true. I hadn't considered the fact that anyone who is
packaging PostgreSQL probably also wants to build plpython. However,
it's possible that a side-by-side install of a newer python version
could be used for the build system while building against the system
python for plpython. That might or might not be too exotic a
configuration for someone to consider.

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Robert Haas
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