Re: postgres library in Python core

On 03/07/2013 07:42 PM, ryan(at)ryanhiebert(dot)com wrote:
> Over on the python-ideas list, GvR indicated interest in someone looking into including a postgres module (and mysql) in the stdlib.
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> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-March/019874.html
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> Quoting from there:
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>> The number one question to ask about candidates for standard library
>> inclusion is "Does it make sense for this module to receive new
>> features only once every 18-24 months, and only when you upgrade to a
>> new version of Python?". Interfaces to specific external services
>> (including databases) almost never pass that test.
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> Also mentioned there was that inclusion would need a commitment for maintenance and backward compatibility.
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> Do you think psycopg can fit that bill? Is there interest in pursuing it?

Given that there is a major release of Postgres about once a year I am
not sure how the new features only 18-24 months would pan out? As much
as I would like to see psycopg2/Postgres be one of the batteries
included, I am not sure that is possible. I see a lot of explaining to
people why the built in driver does not work with new features.

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> Ryan Hiebert
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