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Merge back doc changes 556:557 from 1.2 branch
author kylev
date Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:08:30 +0000
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19 * Red Hat Linux: 19 * Red Hat Linux:
20 20
21 - Make sure you have the Python development headers and libraries 21 - Make sure you have the Python development headers and libraries
22 (python-devel). 22 (python-devel).
23 23
24 + setuptools
25
26 * http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
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24 + MySQL 3.23.32 or higher 28 + MySQL 3.23.32 or higher
25 29
26 * http://www.mysql.com/downloads/ 30 * http://www.mysql.com/downloads/
27 31
28 * Versions lower than 3.22 definitely WON'T WORK. 32 * Versions lower than 3.22 definitely WON'T WORK.
33 37
34 * MySQL-3.23 ought to work, but it's pretty elderly. 38 * MySQL-3.23 ought to work, but it's pretty elderly.
35 39
36 * MySQL-4.0 is supported, but not tested and slightly discouraged. 40 * MySQL-4.0 is supported, but not tested and slightly discouraged.
37 41
38 * MySQL-4.1 is supported and tested. The prepared statements API is not 42 * MySQL-4.1 is supported. The prepared statements API is not
39 supported, and won't be until MySQLdb-1.3 or 2.0. 43 supported, and won't be until MySQLdb-1.3 or 2.0, if ever.
40 44
41 * MySQL-5.0 is supported and tested, including stored procedures. 45 * MySQL-5.0 is supported and tested, including stored procedures.
42 46
47 * MySQL-5.1 is supported (currently a release candidate) but untested.
48 It should work.
49
50 * MySQL-6.0 is sorta-kinda-supported (currently alpha) but untested.
51 It should work.
52
53 * Drizzle <https://launchpad.net/drizzle> is a fork of MySQL. So far
54 the C API looks really similar except everything is renamed.
55 Drizzle support probably won't happen in 1.2. There may be have to
56 be an entirely different module, but still using DB-API.
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43 * MaxDB, formerly known as SAP DB (and maybe Adabas D?), is a 58 * MaxDB, formerly known as SAP DB (and maybe Adabas D?), is a
44 completely different animal. Use the sapdb.sql module that comes 59 completely different animal. Use the sapdb.sql module that comes
45 with MaxDB. 60 with MaxDB.
46 61
47 * Red Hat Linux packages: 62 * Red Hat Linux packages:
90 105
91 * If you have some Windows flavor, you usually have to pay extra 106 * If you have some Windows flavor, you usually have to pay extra
92 for this, or you can use Cygwin_. 107 for this, or you can use Cygwin_.
93 108
94 .. _Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/ 109 .. _Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/
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96 110
97 111
98 Building and installing 112 Building and installing
99 ----------------------- 113 -----------------------
100 114
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212 226
213 Gentoo Linux 227 Gentoo Linux
214 ............ 228 ............
215 229
216 Packaged as `mysql-python`_. Gentoo is also my preferred development platform, 230 Packaged as `mysql-python`_. ::
217 though I have also done some with Ubuntu lately. ::
218 231
219 # emerge sync 232 # emerge sync
220 # emerge mysql-python 233 # emerge mysql-python
221 # emerge zmysqlda # if you use Zope 234 # emerge zmysqlda # if you use Zope
222 235