Why would it be a 13 or later issue? I am specifically talking about changing the default.
On Sat, Jul 6, 2019, 6:28 PM Peter Eisentraut < peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 2019-07-06 21:02, Steven Pousty wrote: > > /" The default will probably be changed to Python 3 in a distant future > > release of PostgreSQL, depending on the progress of the migration to > > Python 3 in the Python community."/ > > > > I know we are late in the Postgresql 12 cycle but I think switching the > > default to Python 3 is warranted given: > > "The default" in the above statement refers to what version the language > name "plpythonu" invokes. That is separate from whether an installer or > packager chooses to install a Python-2-based version. I expect that as > operating systems remove Python 2 from their systems, packagers will > also remove Python-2-based plpython packages. So there is no issue. > > We could change plpythonu to be an alias for plpython3u instead of > plpython2u, but that would be a PG13 (or later) change. I notice that > PEP-394 now supports this. > > -- > Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services >
