Will MySQLdb, the Python shim, be supported for Python 2.6 or 3.x?

[John Nagle]

Alia Khouri wrote:
>>> John Nagle wrote:
>>     Whoever did the port somehow created a dependency on the
>> Intel math library, "libguide40.dll" and "libmmd.dll".  That shouldn't
>> be needed in the MySQL Python shim.  It's not freely distributable,
>> either; you have to buy the Intel C++ compiler to get it.  There are
>> versions of those DLLs available on the web, but they may or may not
>> be legitimate or current.
> 
> I'm aware of that, as I went through the same process, actually
> discovered that dependency myself, and ended up having to use dlls off
> the net. Eventhough I got this to work in the end, I ultimately found
> that this isn't the only extension lib with 'issues', in 2.6 (numpy,
> etc..) I finally ditched 2.6 for my app and reverted back to 2.5. My
> recommendation is to do the same until things improve in extension
> land.

    It's a weird dependency, too.  Extensions usually have to be built
with the same compiler as the Python core.  If someone built this extension with
the Intel C++ compiler for x86 (why else would it need "libguide40.dll" and 
"libmmd.dll"), there may be mixed-library compatibility problems.

				John Nagle