Re: Python 3.0 does not work with PL/Python

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, James Pye <lists(at)jwp(dot)name>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Python 3.0 does not work with PL/Python
Date: 2009-05-29 08:17:02
Message-ID: 200905291117.03245.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Friday 29 May 2009 04:06:14 Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Otherwise, I'm not too keen simply to throw Python 2.x overboard until
> it's no longer common on platforms people are likely to want to install
> Postgres on, if that's what's implied by the original question.

My guess is that we will need to keep around a Python 2.x version for at least
another three years, meaning two or three major PostgreSQL releases.

That also means that maintaining a separate, parallel code base for a Python 3
variant can only be acceptable if it gives major advantages.

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