[Python-Dev] which sleepycat versions do we support in 2.3.* ?

[Alex Martelli]

On Wednesday 12 November 2003 01:45 pm, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 03:14, Alex Martelli wrote:
> > I believe that setup.py is accurate, README slightly out of date,
> > Modules/Setup way out of date -- but I thought that double
> > checking couldn't possibly hurt.  So, can I confirm this to the
> > help at python.org querant, and fix the comments in README (should
> > it say 3.1 through 4.2, or 3.2 through 4.2, given the "only partial
> > support" for 3.1?) and Modules/Setup (presumably with a pointer to
> > setup.py)?
>
> Greg can give the definitive answer here, but my understanding is that
> the bsddb wrapper in Python 2.3 probably requires at least BerkeleyDB
> 3.3.11, supports up to 4.1.25, with the latter recommended (if it were
> up to me, at least :).  The wrapper in Python 2.3.x probably does not
> support BerkeleyDB 4.2.x.

Hmmm -- that's bad, because 2.3's setup.py does appear to be looking
for 4.2 with priority, so, if that's installed on the user's machine, we might
be looking for trouble...


Alex