Commit ef7574eb authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

Document the minimum required Python version.

It turns out that Python 2.2 is the oldest version that PL/Python compiles
with, apparently related to the introduction of iterators.  Might as well
document this.
parent f4a4aec4
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.326 2009/07/13 01:51:56 tgl Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.327 2009/08/12 16:32:35 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation"> <chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
...@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ su - postgres ...@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ su - postgres
To build the <application>PL/Python</> server programming To build the <application>PL/Python</> server programming
language, you need a <productname>Python</productname> language, you need a <productname>Python</productname>
installation with the header files and the <application>distutils</application> module. installation with the header files and the <application>distutils</application> module.
The <application>distutils</application> module is included by default with The minimum required version is <productname>Python</productname> 2.2.
<productname>Python</productname> 1.6 and later; users of
earlier versions of <productname>Python</productname> will need
to install it.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
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