[Python-Dev] Incorporating bsddb3

[Martin v. Loewis]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> What happens if you don't have the software installed to make this
> work, but you do have what it takes to make the *old* bsddb module
> work?  I presume that one bites the dust now?

That would be bsddb2, which is still supported in the old
bsddbmodule.c, but not bsddb3.

I would propose to continue shipping bsddbmodule.c. Building and using
that would then require manual intervention.

Regards,
Martin