Re: Buildfarm member Narwhal: Python 2.5/8.1

Tom Lane wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> The question in my mind is this: how much do we back-patch to cover new
>>> and incompatible releases of software we depend on?
>
>> I guess that depends on the invasiveness - in this case it's a couple of
>> simple updates to the regression tests so I think it's probably worth doing.
>
> It's not just the regression tests; there are at least two rounds of
> patches in the C code --- plpython.c r1.90, r1.97, maybe r1.100.
> Only the first of these has seen any testing "in the wild".

Ahh - missed that bit.

> Another objection to patching 8.1 is why stop there ... why not 8.0,
> etc?

8.0 didn't have the PL regression tests and as it appeared to be a
regression test issue...

I'll disable python on < 8.2.

Regards, Dave.