Re: pg_upgrade from 12 to 13 failes with plpython2

On 11/17/20 2:17 PM, Devrim Gündüz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 2020-11-17 at 16:23 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> You're confusing what the source code can do (which is what the
>> manual documents) versus what individual packagers choose to support.
>> The packagers frequently don't have a lot of choice in the matter;
>> once their platform drops python2, they can't support plpython2.
> 

First let me say:

1) I don't use Python 2 anymore.

2) I have converted my plpython(2)u functions to plpythonu3u

3) I don't use RH family distros.

> Well, CentOS 8 "supports" PY2, however given that Christoph also
> dropped PY2 support in Debian packages as of PostgreSQL 12 [1], and
> given that *Python 2 is unsupported* anyway, I just wanted to drop
> support at this point.

Read that sentence again and see the inherent disconnect between the 
beginning and end.

As a packager you are in charge of how the packaging is done. Still 
announcing a change that effectively nullifies the documentation would 
to me be something that should be announced somewhere else than a list 
that I'm guessing 99% of the users don't read.

> 
> FWIW, older PostgreSQL major versions still have PY 2 support. This is
> for PostgreSQL 13 only.

> 
> [1] : https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20200522080114.GA449430%40msg.df7cb.de
> 
> Regards,
> 


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