Re: [RFC] building postgres with meson -v8

On 2022-04-21 Th 17:34, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
>> On 2022-04-21 22:36:01 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> Why is Python 3.5 relevant?
>> It's the latest available on some older platforms. It's pretty easy to install
>> a new meson, a heck of a lot more work to install a new python. IIRC solaris,
>> AIX and some of Tom's dinosaurs.
> FWIW, I don't think that either gaur or prairiedog need be factored into
> this conversation. They cannot build ninja at all for lack of <spawn.h>,
> so whether they could run meson is pretty much beside the point.
>
> (I wonder if we should stick in a configure test for <spawn.h>,
> just to see if anything else doesn't have it?)
>
> We should worry a little more about Solaris and AIX, but even there I
> think it's largely up to the platform owner whether they've updated
> python to something modern. If it isn't, you need to move the goalposts
> back some more :-(. As of today I see the following pre-3.6 pythons
> in the buildfarm, exclusive of mine:
>
> skate 3.2.3
> snapper 3.2.3
> topminnow 3.4.2
> hornet 3.4.3
> sungazer 3.4.3
> wrasse 3.4.3
> shelduck 3.4.10
> curculio 3.5.1
> hoverfly 3.5.1
> batfish 3.5.2
> spurfowl 3.5.2
> cuon 3.5.2
> ayu 3.5.3
> chimaera 3.5.3
> chipmunk 3.5.3
> grison 3.5.3
> mussurana 3.5.3
> tadarida 3.5.3
> urocryon 3.5.3
>
>

Presumably that only tells you about the animals currently building with
python.

cheers

andrew

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