Re: pg_upgrade Python version issue on openSUSE

From: Paul Förster <paul(dot)foerster(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade Python version issue on openSUSE
Date: 2020-09-26 15:54:31
Message-ID: 64548F10-BF9C-4E68-811A-798C8FD27983@gmail.com
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Hi Adrian,

> On 26. Sep, 2020, at 17:43, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I suppose getting them to install Python 2 is out of the question? It is an official package.

I can try, but chances are at 99% that they refuse.

> Well there is always going to be versioning. If you mean the incompatibility split, then for 2/3 that is not going away. There will be a Python 4, but the core developers have said they learned their lesson and it will just be an incremental upgrade.

so you're saying there will always be two Pythons? One Python 2 and one Python x (with x>=3)? Oh my god... Why don't they just make Python 3 backward compatible?

Cheers,
Paul

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