[Python-ideas] Official MySQL module

[Greg Ewing]

Eric V. Smith wrote:
> It's client/server: do we really need
> to include the server in order to supply the client? We include nntplib,
> with no server. We include webbrowser, but no web browser. imaplib, but
> no imap server. Etc.

Those client modules are self-contained, though. Database
client modules usually rely on a C component that comes
with the database and gets updated on the database's
release schedule rather than Python's.

-- 
Greg