Hi, On 2022-04-21 17:34:47 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > 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.
Yea. > (I wonder if we should stick in a configure test for <spawn.h>, > just to see if anything else doesn't have it?) Might be worth doing? > 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. Looks like "AIX toolbox" is at 3.7. Solaris 11.4 apparently has 3.5 (11.3 is EOL January 2024). I think it's worth caring about supporting 3.6 due to RHEL 7 for now. > 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 Debian wheezy, I feel ok with dropping that. > topminnow 3.4.2 Debian jessie, similar. > hornet 3.4.3 > sungazer 3.4.3 Looks like a newer python version is available for AIX, without manually compiling. > wrasse 3.4.3 Apparently solaris 11.4 has python 3.5 (still not great :/) > shelduck 3.4.10 This animal seems to have retired. > curculio 3.5.1 Supported versions of openbsd have modern versions of python. > hoverfly 3.5.1 AIX > batfish 3.5.2 > spurfowl 3.5.2 > cuon 3.5.2 Ubuntu 16.04 is EOL (since 2021-04), outside of paid extended support. > 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 These are all [variants of] debian stretch. I think we should be ok dropping support for that, the extended "LTS" support for stretch ends June 30, 2022 (with the last non-extended update at July 18, 2020). Greetings, Andres Freund [1] https://repology.org/project/python/versions
