[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.534,1.535
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tim_one@users.sourceforge.net
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:49:10 -0800
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv16322/python/Misc
Modified Files:
NEWS
Log Message:
More bsddb-on-Windows fiddling:
+ News blurb, but as much XXX as news.
+ Updated installer (install the new bsddb package, and the Berkeley DLL;
still don't know how to fold that into _bsddb.pyd).
+ Fleshed out build instructions.
+ Debug Python still blows up.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS 22 Nov 2002 08:36:54 -0000 1.534
--- NEWS 23 Nov 2002 03:49:05 -0000 1.535
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*** 808,811 ****
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+ - The Windows distribution now ships with version 4.0.14 of the
+ Sleepycat Berkeley database library. This should be a huge
+ improvement over the previous Berkeley DB 1.85, which had many
+ bugs.
+ XXX What are the licensing issues here?
+ XXX The debug Python still blows up (see PCbuild/readme.txt).
+ XXX The version # is likely to change before 2.3a1.
+
- The Windows distribution now ships with Tcl/Tk version 8.4.1 (it
previously shipped with Tcl/Tk 8.3.2).