[Python-Dev] bsddb alternative (was Re: [issue3769] Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0) (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Sep 8 06:03:30 CEST 2008

I thought that all that was happening was that BSDDB was becoming a separate project. If one needs BSDDB with Python2.6, one installs it.

No, not in the way you mean it.

Aren't there other parts of Python that require external modules, such as Tk?

It's different. BSDDB (the Sleepycat-then-Oracle implementation) never was part of Python; this hasn't changed. What has changed is that the bsddb module (i.e. the Python wrapper) is now not part of Python anymore, either, due to it being maintained separately. This is as if Tkinter was removed from Python.

Regards, Martin

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