python 2.5 & sqlite3

[John Machin]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> > Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> >
> >> wasting time on broken distributions?
> >
> > It's not broken.
>
> of course it's broken; the official release ships with properly built
> and properly tested versions of the stuff you're struggling to install.
>
>  > I like Pythonwin better than IDLE.
>
> last time I checked, the PythonWin IDE was part of the win32all kit,
> available from:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018&package_id=79063
>
>  > Either way I need to know where to put the sqlite files, right?
>
> not if you're using a proper release, no.
>
> </F>

OK, I'll bite; I can't understand what this thread is all about.

The Activestate Python 2.5 distribution is not yet available.

(1) Why is the effbot saying that a not-yet available distribution is
broken?

(2) The OP says he has downloaded sqlite*.* from the sqlite.org website
... without saying why he thought he needed to nor which Windows Python
he is planning to run it with:
(a) Activestate 2.5 -- not-yet-available
(b) python.org 2.5-- *includes* the sqlite3 stuff; Pythonwin is as the
effbot said in effect only a download and a double-click away ...
(c) <any_brand> 2.4 -- needs pysqlite etc

What am I missing?
Oh, possibly
"""
I see that Python 2.5 has the "wrapper" but sqlite itself must be
downloaded separately.
"""
Looks like it could be from reading some build-Python-from-source
instructions for Unix platforms ...

Bewilderedly yours.
John