My frustration was borne by the ease with which Debian makes the task: I did expect the job to be an insignificant one-line command. Thanks Tom. Apple don't see a profit in providing a mysql-client package. Ramiro has a point that lobbying MySQL for a client-only OSX package is a righteous path. Thanks Ramiro.
But at the end of the day we can't expect everyone else to do everything for us. I'm now dreaming of a week or two with nothing to do but put time into one of those abandoned starts at a django-mysql-connector. Thanks Masklinn. I think you've all answered my questions. 1) It's happened by design; mysqldb is mature, stable and omnipotent; mysql/oracle and apple are unmotivated. 2) No-one is currently working on removing the dependency. There are only a couple of false starts to date. cheers, John. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/qJdncQs9gQ8J. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
