On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Robert Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the change to psycopg2 is dubious - python 2.x is really not a > unicode happy playground: even its built in exceptions and tracebacks > are not reliable at interoperating with unicode strings. > > I would: > - file a bug on maverick > - prep an SRU to rollback that patch > > I suspect that 95% (Not a Metric (tm)) of db using python programs are > going to break with this change.
Oh, and a little more detail: - probably want an option to enforce it (programs that are safe can then have the safety net) - python 3.x is -much- better in this regard and one definitely wants unicode-only strings at that point. -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
