[Python-Dev] pysqlite for 2.5? (original) (raw)

Robert Brewer fumanchu at amor.org
Wed Mar 29 22:57:57 CEST 2006

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote: > Unless you've recanted on that already, let me point out that I've > never seen sqlite, and I've ignored this thread, so I don't know what > the disagreement is all about. Perhaps one person in favor and one > person against could summarize the argument for me? Otherwise I'll > have to go with "no" just to err on the side of safety. I have strong > feelings about the language. Sometimes I have strong feelings about > the library. This doesn't seem to be one of those cases though...

Let me try to take both sides simultaneously: For: would add an SQL library to the standard distribution, and one that doesn't depend on additional infrastructure on the target machine (such as an existing database server); the author of that library is fine with including it in Python Against: Adds work-load on the release process, adding more libraries to the already-large list of new libraries for 2.5. Choice of naming things is ad-hoc, but gets cast in stone by the release; likewise, choice of specific SQL library might inhibit addition of different libraries later.

More Against?: Explaining "database is locked" errors (due to SQLite's exposed multiple-readers/one-writer design) on a daily basis (FAQ entries notwithstanding).

Robert Brewer System Architect Amor Ministries fumanchu at amor.org

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