[PyGreSQL] Versions of Python and PostgreSQL

[Christoph Zwerschke]

Am 17.07.2011 22:47 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
 > On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:39:12 +0200
 > Christoph Zwerschke<cito at online.de>  wrote:
 >> The 4.x branch is our backward compatible maintenance branch, therefore
 >> we shouldn't push ahead so quickly here, but maybe require Py 2.4 in 4.1
 >> and Py 2.5 in 4.2?
 >
 > OK.  What about PG?

Requiring Pg 8.0 in 4.1 and 8.2 in 4.2 would be a moderate pace.

 >> I suggest pushing forward to 4.1 now and thereafter creating a 4.x
 >> branch in the repository, working towards 5.0 in the trunk. Some of the
 >> improvements and fixes from the trunk can be backported to 4.2.
 >
 > Sounds like a plan.  I moved the date for 4.1 though.  I won't be in
 > town the first half of September.

Ok, that gives us some more time. On the DB-SIG list there is now a 
discussion again about a possible DB-API 3. One problem with DB-API 2 is 
that it does not define clearly enough how to deal with unicode, which 
is needed to properly implement a driver for Python 3. Pretty much the 
same problem as with WSGI. So maybe there will be a DB-API 3 or a DB-API 
2.0.1 clarifying these issues. Another reason not to rush 5.0 but to 
concentrate on 4.1 first.

-- Christoph