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authorPeter Eisentraut2009-08-12 16:32:35 +0000
committerPeter Eisentraut2009-08-12 16:32:35 +0000
commitef7574eb014b66d99a5e68cc254e7a2282e69a00 (patch)
treedcb4143568defa3b6e639ef68753a94ba3a1d7cd
parentf4a4aec4b3af7154936c61eff17af8968ac17d4a (diff)
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.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 55522d80fb3..7dee9e6640a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $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">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ su - postgres
To build the <application>PL/Python</> server programming
language, you need a <productname>Python</productname>
installation with the header files and the <application>distutils</application> module.
- The <application>distutils</application> module is included by default with
- <productname>Python</productname> 1.6 and later; users of
- earlier versions of <productname>Python</productname> will need
- to install it.
+ The minimum required version is <productname>Python</productname> 2.2.
</para>
<para>