Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'booth': 0.09; 'considered,': 0.09; 'statements': 0.09; 'subject:module': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; '>>': 0.16; '(big': 0.16; '1:08': 0.16; 'given,': 0.16; 'url:peps': 0.16; 'folks': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'url:dev': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; '>': 0.26; 'this:': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'idea': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'page.': 0.31; 'open': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'third': 0.33; 'noticed': 0.34; 'offered': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'similar': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'needed': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'from:charset:utf-8': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'url:index': 0.63; 'offering': 0.63; 'connecting': 0.64; 'url:blogspot': 0.65; 'yes': 0.68; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=1+84nXELKrg/qGMd41BDf+jAJ6XSiDfJja4gHnxyGDY=; b=mGoI2sDYHI4iWmQLyglld+bUmjnyjTnV6hurQRu/IwSvOv0kYFinkzzPgIRGe0p79N JdRdarGQxO2UaGeGL7qriyAiWS4e6D6HEHktDsfCNScUz+0jmrt27tPF3f1wvo1mD+rm 12UW9hafupe7mI/9UUgJfARrkVGMjkEOpoRLFxB9s0O1okvIyPkRxNHvSErzRxwJFFWD pRGdDnw06YDCiNNG23Nw6mH7zfd80M1SCaH3rr48VHr5vqzPARZtQMT+2KdM21/PH6C1 diF3SfXaZTHFSghAxmKxNubasqirhj00RFb1AmBrLtO751eFxsN0UFeehG3ZDZ+ya6Gn hpBw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.12.80 with SMTP id x16mr2370615icx.56.1381175678493; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:54:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 21:54:38 +0200 Subject: Re: Mysql's mysql module From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2hyaXMg4oCcS3dwb2xza2HigJ0gV2Fycmljaw==?= To: duncan.booth@suttoncourtenay.org.uk Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf301cc6b8b06c5804e82c05e1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 81 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1381175687 news.xs4all.nl 15916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57726 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56323 --20cf301cc6b8b06c5804e82c05e1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 7, 2013 9:36 PM, "Duncan Booth" wrote: > > Skip Montanaro wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Tobiah wrote: > >> I just noticed this: > >> > >> > >> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html > > > > * Does it adhere to the Python database API? > > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/ > > > > * Is source available? > > > > * Does it have a reasonable open source license? > > > > These questions come immediately to mind because at work we briefly > > considered, then rejected, a similar offering from the Sybase folks > > for connecting to (big surprise) Sybase. We never needed to ask the > > first and third questions, because the answer to the second was, "no", > > and they only offered a version built against Python 2.6. Since we use > > Python 2.4 and 2.7, that was an immediate nonstarter. > > > > Skip > > Based on a quick look at the link given, I think the answers to questions 1 > and 3 are yes and no respectively. No idea about #2. Number two is "yes", unless there are deceptive statements on that page. > > -- > Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list --20cf301cc6b8b06c5804e82c05e1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Oct 7, 2013 9:36 PM, "Duncan Booth" <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> wrote:
> >> I just noticed this:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
> >
> > * Does it adhere to the Python database API?
> > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/
> >
> > * Is source available?
> >
> > * Does it have a reasonable open source license?
> >
> > These questions come immediately to mind because at work we briefly
> > considered, then rejected, a similar offering from the Sybase folks
> > for connecting to (big surprise) Sybase. We never needed to ask the
> > first and third questions, because the answer to the second was, "no",
> > and they only offered a version built against Python 2.6. Since we use
> > Python 2.4 and 2.7, that was an immediate nonstarter.
> >
> > Skip
>
> Based on a quick look at the link given, I think the answers to questions 1
> and 3 are yes and no respectively. No idea about #2.

Number two is "yes", unless there are deceptive statements on that page.
>
> --
> Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com
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> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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