[Python-Dev] bsddb alternative (was Re: [issue3769] Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0)

[Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven]

-On [20080905 12:34], Kevin Teague (kevin at bud.ca) wrote:
>However, all does not seem to be right with the bsddb module on the  
>system Python 2.5 on Mac OS X 10.5:
>
> >>> import bsddb
[snip]
>ImportError: No module named _bsddb

The bsddb module is built separately from Python within FreeBSD's ports. I
think Apple did the same for Mac OS X.

ports/databases/py-bsddb
ports/databases/py-bsddb3

So for a fair number of systems the 'bsddb' module being an external
package/dependency is already true.

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