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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
To: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@postgreSQL.org>
Subject: Re: Obsolete warning on Python 2.4
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:31:58 -0400
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On 9/19/16 1:21 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> The docs say:
>> Warning
>>
>> Due to Python bug #1483133, some debug versions of Python 2.4
>> (configured and compiled with option --with-pydebug) are known to
>> crash the PostgreSQL server when using an iterator to return a set
>> result. Unpatched versions of Fedora 4 contain this bug. It does not
>> happen in production versions of Python or on patched versions of
>> Fedora 4.
> 
> That seems uninteresting to anyone in 2016. Any objections to removing it?

We're still maintaining compatibility with Python 2.4 and the bug
apparently still exists, so I would perhaps keep it until we kill
support for Python 2.4.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services


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