Re: [Gnumed-devel] Easy database installer

[Sebastian Hilbert]

On Monday 12 July 2004 16:16, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> > Take a look at the documented postgresql wire protocol:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/protocol.html
> > I agree with Horst, this doesn't look too hard.
> > I'm not sure how much of a speed penalty a pure Python module would
> > impose, given most of the work is converting datastructures from C to
> > Python, which the existing libraries have to do anyway.
>
> IMHO this is not a good idea. I admit I know little about the
> technicalities. But I know one thing. Every piece of code needs to be
> maintained or else quality will degrade. Writing this module might be easy
> for you guys but what about documenting , staying in sync with postgres,
> enhancing ? Think about it. Is it worth the effort ?
>
> All it takes for me on Suse is python setup.py build and python setup.py
> install. On Debian I guess it's even easier (apt-get install pypgsql).
Forget what I said about Suse. apt-get install pyPgSQL even works on my 
Suse9.1 box.

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