-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I am still in favor of removing bsddb from Python 3.0. It depends on a 3rd party library of enormous complexity whose stability cannot always be taken for granted. Arguments about code ownership, release cycles, bugbot stability and more all point towards keeping it separate. I consider it no different in nature than 3rd party UI packages (e.g. wxPython or PyQt) or relational database bindings (e.g. the MySQL or PostgreSQL bindings): very useful to a certain class of users, but outside the scope of the core distribution. Python 3.0 is a perfect opportunity to say goodbye to bsddb as a standard library component. For apps that depend on it, it is just a download away -- deprecating in 3.0 and removal in 3.1 would actually send the *wrong* message, since it is very much alive! I am grateful for Jesus to have taken over maintenance, and hope that the package blossoms in its newfound freedom.
Thanks Guido. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBSMAl+3EjvBPtnXfVAQKOFAQAoccw1UNoJ9EIqpkauyhD6ITloOYdMEEC Mqp4hmJWgW8PO2J4YzGYGr7W4ty4JdsL9VGxga20bT9iFvIiTVR8ZOkAPInzhZke bpiXhac5Z6v9I0+8xLbEguiM9z10xHVXscCmQdjBkk4RRWTtoioq+NCESeU6qgrM LxHfAPlCMms= =THGn -----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
