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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:39:42 +1000
Subject: Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:08 AM, John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> wrote:
> =A0 =A0The Python 3 to MySQL connection is still a mess.
> The original developer of MySQLdb doesn't want to support
> Python 3.

This is where I would start asking: How hard is it to migrate to
another SQL database (eg Postgres)? That is, assuming that there's one
with proper Py3 support. But I would find it hard to believe that
there's _no_ good database with a Python 3 access module.

ChrisA