[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] No beta2 tonight (original) (raw)
Jesus Cea jcea at jcea.es
Sat Jul 19 03:36:27 CEST 2008
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Brett Cannon wrote: | On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote: |> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org> wrote: |>> On Jul 17, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: |>>> bsddb is in a very bad shape, as the 2.6 code hasn't been merged into |>>> 3k. I somewhat doubt that this gets resolved before the release, so |>>> bsddb users might need to skip 3.0. |>>|>> In fact, bsddb as packages in core Python has rarely been in good shape. |>>|>> Has anyone actually considered that bsddb might do better if maintained |>> strictly as an external package? That would make it easier for the any |>> maintainers to release updates, and removes a source of frustration for |>> users who either don't need it or would rather wait for a happier version. |>>|>> I think this is worth considering. I vaguely recall that the bsddb module |>> was maintained before it was incorporated into the core Python release. |> +1. In my recollection maintaining bsddb has been nothing but trouble |> right from the start when we were all sitting together at "Zope Corp |> North" in a rented office in McLean... We can remove it from 3.0. We |> can't really remove it from 2.6, but we can certainly start |> end-of-lifing it in 2.6. |>|| Unless I hear otherwise, I will add it to PEP 3108.
03:31 AM in the morning in Spain. Just working in porting bsddb to python3000. I have a lot of issues compiling the C code and with the 2to3 automated conversion, but I'm pretty sure can get it ready for october release.
I'm still loooking for a GOOD python2->python3 conversion guide for C language modules.
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