| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, pgsql-pkg-yum <pgsql-pkg-yum(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Removing PL/Python2 from PostgreSQL 13 |
| Date: | 2020-05-20 22:31:49 |
| Message-ID: | ec69268d-122f-b6eb-d849-e9c7ed426a49@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 2020-05-20 18:16, Devrim Gündüz wrote:
> Given that we started breaking things, what about removing PL/Python2
> support from the RPMs?
>
> All major distros (including RHEL 7 have PY3 support, and I think it is
> a good idea to stop support from packaging side as well. People who
> want to upgrade will also need to finish porting to PY3.
ISTM that as long as distros ship Python 2, PostgreSQL can support it.
We don't necessarily want to give people more reasons to hesitate to
upgrade to PostgreSQL 13.
It might make sense to get rid of Python 2 in general, but it should be
independent of PostgreSQL 13.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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