[Zodb-checkins] CVS: StandaloneZODB - README:1.1.4.9
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:42:43 -0500
Update of /cvs-repository/StandaloneZODB
In directory cvs.zope.org:/tmp/cvs-serv30551
Modified Files:
Tag: StandaloneZODB-1_0-branch
README
Log Message:
Clarify why Berkeley storage doesn't work with 2.0 (it's by design).
Later on, mention 2.0 works but refer to caveats.
=== StandaloneZODB/README 1.1.4.8 => 1.1.4.9 ===
StandaloneZODB is known to work with with all Python versions from
Python 2.0 to Python 2.2, except for Berkeley storage, which
- requires Python 2.1 or higher (because of a technicality). It
- will not work with versions earlier than Python 2.0, and we have
- no plans to support those. Python 2.0 users will need to install
- unittest.py to run the test suite, and this can be downloaded from
+ requires Python 2.1 or higher (by design). It will not work with
+ versions earlier than Python 2.0, and we have no plans to support
+ those. Python 2.0 users will need to install unittest.py to run
+ the test suite, and this can be downloaded from
http://pyunit.sourceforge.net
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
Prerequisites
You must have Python installed. We recommend either Python 2.1.2
- or Python 2.2. If you've installed Python from RPM, be sure that
- you've installed the development RPMs too, since StandaloneZODB
- builds Python extensions.
+ or Python 2.2. (2.0 works, but see the caveats above.) If you've
+ installed Python from RPM, be sure that you've installed the
+ development RPMs too, since StandaloneZODB builds Python
+ extensions.
If you intend to use the experimental Berkeley storages, you will
need to install both the Sleepycat libraries, and PyBSDDB, the