| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | drop support for Python 2.3 |
| Date: | 2017-02-08 04:08:25 |
| Message-ID: | 7d5073f6-d9ea-ab09-4805-69a12f23e52f@2ndquadrant.com |
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I would like to propose that we drop support for Python 2.3. Reasons:
- Python 3.6 was released in December. The list of versions we need to
manage is growing.
- Older Python versions are increasingly hard to build locally for testing.
- It's unlikely that Python 2.3 is still used in practice. Python 2.4
is in RHEL 5, which is the typically the oldest mainstream OS we look at.
- We could remove some cruft from the code.
We do have buildfarm coverage on prairiedog. However, that runs a >10
year old operating system, so I think it is not representing real usage.
Patch attached.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
| Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
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| 0001-Drop-support-for-Python-2.3.patch | text/x-patch | 7.0 KB |
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