Re: Obsolete warning on Python 2.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Obsolete warning on Python 2.4
Date: 2016-09-20 20:27:22
Message-ID: 20976.1474403242@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 9/19/16 1:21 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> That seems uninteresting to anyone in 2016. Any objections to removing it?

> We're still maintaining compatibility with Python 2.4 and the bug
> apparently still exists, so I would perhaps keep it until we kill
> support for Python 2.4.

Since the bug doesn't happen in production builds of Python, only in
debug builds, I'm not really worried that it's still a factor, even
if you believe that the Python folk still haven't patched it.

In short, I agree with Heikki that we could remove this.

regards, tom lane

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