[Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

[Guido van Rossum]

Correction: the subversion BerkeleyDB backend is still very much alive
and kicking. There were some early issues (they did things that
SleepyCat told them not to do :-) but it was corrected and it's still
working fine for several large users.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Fred Drake wrote:
>  > The BDBStorage is long gone at this point.  Few are so unfortunate as
>  > to remember it (though a few who may just might be on this list).  :-)
>
>  Oh yeah ... ZODB4 and BDBStorage ... a dark chapter starting with high
>  hopes and ending in tragedy ... Several projects like Zope and
>  Subversion worked hard on a a Berkeley DB backend but in the end all
>  projects had the same fate.
>
>  A few years ago in Göteborg/SE during lunch Jim explained me the reasons
>  for the cancellation. As far as I remember the conversation he used some
>  words I dare not to repeat in public. Some kids may read the Python dev
>  list. :)
>
>  Christian
>
>
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