On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Gregory P. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 2/26/08, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Facundo Batista > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2008/2/26, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > They check out bsddb from subversion, see Tools/buildbot/external. > > > > If you don't trust that they did so correctly, edit the script to > > > > remove bsddb, check that in, wait for them to delete it, then revert > > > > the script, check in again, and see how they build it. > > > > > > No, I wasn't aware of this mechanisms at all. I don't even know how to > > > build Python in a Windows... > > > > > > Anyway, I don't think it's a bad checkout or something, as the same > > > error happens in two different machines. > > > > > > I don't know, :( > > > > Or we can get rid of bsddb and not have the problem anymore. =) > > > > -Brett > > -1 > > Using that logic I prefer just getting rid of Windows to stop having these > problems. That'd solve the ssl applink issue and msi installer building > issue as well. =P >
=) Well, we can't have all our dreams come true. > My opinion on bsddb as a standard library module is based mostly on "its > always been there" and a vague memory of the last time this came up I > thought people piped up saying they liked batteries being included, > including bsddb and sqlite, but I don't have a handy reference to that email > thread. Well, in my opinion "batteries included" is great, but not when one of the batteries consistently acts up and requires a good shake to get working again. The bsddb module has consistent reliability issues when it comes to testing (and I suspect it has more to do with Sleepycat than the bindings). I know I am tired of getting buildbot errors saying that the bsddb tests died more consistently than most tests over their history. And I did some work on porting bsddb over to Python 3.0 and it was painful. Anyway, I am not pushing for this now. Any major removal plans will go through the stdlib-sig first and require justification before I even attempt to seriously suggest something beyond a joking line in an email (in other words, no one needs to worry about anything right now). -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
