On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 17:00, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 4:52 PM Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 16:28, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
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>> > Stretch also goes end of life on June 30 2022, so just a few months away. You definitely shouldn't be using that.
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>> The platform is part of the Python binary packages build chain; they
>> are purposely on the old side of the spectrum in order to create
>> binaries which can work with as many Linux distributions as possible,
>> making use of core libraries ABI compatibility. The rationale is
>> available at https://peps.python.org/pep-0513/
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> Ah yeah, that makes sense. Then buster is likely the better choice, yeah. (But you do want to get off stretch before
itgoes into unsupported land)
TBH if the PGDG team stops publishing packages for Stretch in 3 months
it would be an immense pain in the neck, at least until the build
chain gets updated (which might make the task of building packages
easier, but it regularly leaves a slice of users unable to use binary
packages. See https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg/issues/124 for a
typical case).
Please remember your Python friends!
-- Daniele