[Python-3000] PEP 3108 and the demise of bsddb3

[Paul Moore]

2008/9/4 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:33 PM,  <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> All but dbm.dumb require some pre-existing library to exist to compile
> against. So any platform that has the proper libraries installed will
> be able to use ndbm or gnu, but as for which platforms that are I do
> not know.

On Windows, none are available except dbm.dumb and bsddb (presently).
If bsddb is to be removed, can/should one of the other "real" dbm
variants be added to the standard binary, so that Windows users have
at least one usable dbm option?

Paul