[Soc2006] Pure Python SQL API

Neal Norwitz nnorwitz at gmail.com
Thu May 4 19:32:56 CEST 2006


On 5/4/06, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
>
> > Right now we have a really nice PEP 249 which tells mostly anything a
> > python db-interface should have.
> > Now the problem comes went most drivers are half C half python, and they
> > need to be compile (my
> > current nightmare is mysqldb, which under windows requires many gigs of
> > microsoft toolkits and/or buying their development env)
>
> I think it has some potential, but I don't know if there's anyone
> suitable to mentor at the moment, and I think a mentor who understands
> the problems would be very useful to the project.  There are some

We probably have a capable mentor already.  If not, we can sign up
mentors after the applications are in, so I wouldn't worry about this
too much.

Best to work on submitting a great application that will be accepted!

Cheers,
n


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