On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:12 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > It'd only be an issue if they want to compile from source, right? > > We're not speaking of changing the runtime prerequisites, IIUC. > > I'm not sure. Does it make sense to document that pl/python has > a different Python version requirement than the build system does? > If we do, who exactly is going to be testing that such a combination > works? Will it even be possible to compile pl/python against Python > headers/libs of a different Python generation than meson is running > under?
Hmm, that's true. I hadn't considered the fact that anyone who is packaging PostgreSQL probably also wants to build plpython. However, it's possible that a side-by-side install of a newer python version could be used for the build system while building against the system python for plpython. That might or might not be too exotic a configuration for someone to consider. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
