-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brett Cannon wrote: | On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Fred Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>> On Jul 17, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: |>>> bsddb is in a very bad shape, as the 2.6 code hasn't been merged into |>>> 3k. I somewhat doubt that this gets resolved before the release, so |>>> bsddb users might need to skip 3.0. |>> |>> In fact, bsddb as packages in core Python has rarely been in good shape. |>> |>> Has anyone actually considered that bsddb might do better if maintained |>> strictly as an external package? That would make it easier for the any |>> maintainers to release updates, and removes a source of frustration for |>> users who either don't need it or would rather wait for a happier version. |>> |>> I think this is worth considering. I vaguely recall that the bsddb module |>> was maintained before it was incorporated into the core Python release. |> +1. In my recollection maintaining bsddb has been nothing but trouble |> right from the start when we were all sitting together at "Zope Corp |> North" in a rented office in McLean... We can remove it from 3.0. We |> can't really remove it from 2.6, but we can certainly start |> end-of-lifing it in 2.6. |> | | Unless I hear otherwise, I will add it to PEP 3108.
03:31 AM in the morning in Spain. Just working in porting bsddb to python3000. I have a lot of issues compiling the C code and with the 2to3 automated conversion, but I'm pretty sure can get it ready for october release. I'm still loooking for a *GOOD* python2->python3 conversion guide for C language modules. - -- Jesus Cea Avion _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.jcea.es/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ jabber / xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ . _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "Things are not so easy" _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "My name is Dump, Core Dump" _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "El amor es poner tu felicidad en la felicidad de otro" - Leibniz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBSIFFFJlgi5GaxT1NAQLHlQP/cXmobkxlEs5gL9MRVNOAhcCtmATJqkQd lpAkzExa+75cQSoP28iIa+GhxRuJJCAz9NxAw22VIkwab/93R1eFYVjdC9jqYprK gwZsZDHKs12RlRRHFk0562ZDMgtdFB4Ne9iJXsFOKNz6ZvOhMFHfoj/blZyyocsq zdS6SoxTtXM= =aIrU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
