[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] No beta2 tonight (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Jul 18 17:11:06 CEST 2008

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Josiah Carlson <josiah.carlson at gmail.com> wrote:

Invariably, when someone goes and removes a module, someone else is going to complain, "but I used feature X, not having feature X will break my code." We, as maintainers can then say, "if you cared, maintain it." But I'm not sure that is the greatest thing to tell people. I suspect that we may have to include some sort of "work-alike" for 2.7 and if not 3.0, 3.1 . If I were to vote for a work-alike, it would be based on sqlite. For one of the most common use-cases (bsddb.btree), simple sqlite code can be written to do the right thing. Recno is a little more tricky, but can also be done. The bsddb hash may not be possible, because sqlite doesn't support hashed indices :/.

In my mind, BSDDB is pretty much the most heavy-weight extension we're maintaining. I think it's an illusion that a sqlite-based look-alike is going to fool anyone. The correct solution is to take support for bsddb to a separate project where those who care about it can maintain it together. That also makes it a lot easier to track the versions of Berkeley DB as they come out.

Of course, you're free to try writing the work-alike you're proposing. :-)

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