[Python-Dev] [issue3769] Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0

[Jesus Cea]

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Michele Simionato wrote:
> I do not use bsddb directly, but I use shelve which on Linux usually
> takes advantage of bsddb. Does removing bsddb mean that
> I will not be able to read shelve files written with Python 2.5
> with Python 3.0? That would be quite disturbing to me.

Seems so.

If bsddb is actually unavailable in Python 3.0, you would need to
download/install it from PYPI. I'm committed to keep bsddb alive, in a
way or another :).

I'm thinking that if bsddb is discarded in Python 3.0, shelve probably
drop it also, so installing bsddb externally will not "magically" make
it available to 3.0 shelve. I can't comment about the python-dev plans here.

PS: Remember that if you are installing bsddb as a separate package, its
name will be "bsddb3", not "bsddb".


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