On 2022-04-21 Th 17:34, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.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 -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
