Re: Python bindings for MySQL

2009-05-03 Thread richard.melville
Simon Geard wrote:- > Fair enough. But my personal thinking is that there needs to at least be > a good reason to add a package to the book, rather than the absence of a > reason not to. Because it's a common dependency for other packages, for > example. Or because many people want it... Judging

Re: Python bindings for MySQL

2009-05-01 Thread Simon Geard
On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:45 +0100, richard.melvi...@ntlworld.com wrote: > In answer to your reply above: if ease of installation were a bar to > entry in the book then the book would become very sparse indeed. Agreed, but conversely, the book would be an unmaintainable monster if things went to th

Re: Python bindings for MySQL

2009-05-01 Thread richard.melville
Simon Geard wrote:- > If it's trivial to install, and you've only just found a need for it, > that doesn't make a very strong case for inclusion... Hi Simon Thanks for the reply. My thinking was as follows:- There already exists in the book a section titled "Python Modules". This provides

Re: Python bindings for MySQL

2009-04-29 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 11:22 +0100, richard.melvi...@ntlworld.com wrote: > I recently found that I needed MySQL-python-1.2.2 and I hadn't even been > aware of its existance before. > > What is the general feeling for adding it to the book? Build and install > were pretty trivial and error-free.