[Python-Dev] 2.3.1 is (almost) a go (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Sep 28 15🔞08 EDT 2003

Gregory P. Smith wrote:

I see. I could accept that it is confusing; would it also be backwards compatible (i.e. would BerkeleyDB create those files on demand, and would old Python installation still be able to read the database even if those files where around)?

It would not. Its already not backwards compatible. Thats what the bsddb185 module is for.

I should be more specific: If CDB is activated by default in 2.3.1, would that compatible with files created in 2.3.0 (which are not 1.85 files, but some 4.x files).

But is it also easy to detect that multiple applications try to use the same database?

No. But it is easy to document. The old bsddb module never allowed it either.

I doubt many users are aware of that restriction (I, myself, wasn't).

Regards, Martin

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