Commit e5a452b3 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Improve documentation note about Python 2.3 and cdecimal.

Explain exactly what fails (ie, function arguments of type numeric)
if you don't have it.
parent 5906e10a
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installation with the header files and
the <application>distutils</application> module. The minimum
required version is <productname>Python</productname> 2.3.
For full functionality, a 2.3.x installation must include the
separately-available <filename>cdecimal</> module; in particular
the <application>PL/Python</> regression tests will not pass if that
is missing.
(To work with function arguments of type <type>numeric</>, a 2.3.x
installation must include the separately-available <filename>cdecimal</>
module; note the <application>PL/Python</> regression tests
will not pass if that is missing.)
<productname>Python 3</productname> is supported if it's
version 3.1 or later; but see
<![%standalone-include[the <application>PL/Python</> documentation]]>
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