[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