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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | setup.py | 14 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ Compiling and installing psycopg option. psycopg2 will work correctly even with a non-thread-safe libpq but libpq will leak memory. -While psycopg 1.x used autoconf for its build process psycopg 2 switched to -the more pythonic setup.py. Before building psycopg look at setup.cfg file -and change any settings to follow your system (or taste); then: +psycopg2 uses distutils for its build process, so most of the process is +executed by the setup.py script. Before building psycopg look at +setup.cfg file and change any settings to follow your system (or taste); +then: python setup.py build @@ -2,21 +2,18 @@ psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter ******************************************** psycopg2 is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming -language. This is version 2, a complete rewrite of the original code to -provide new-style classes for connection and cursor objects and other -sweet candies. Like the original, psycopg2 was written with the aim of -being very small and fast, and stable as a rock. +language. psycopg2 was written with the aim of being very small and fast, +and stable as a rock. psycopg2 is different from the other database adapter because it was designed for heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or -UPDATEs. psycopg2 also provide full asycronous operations for the really -brave programmer. +UPDATEs. psycopg2 also provide full asycronous operations and support +for coroutine libraries. -There are confirmed reports of psycopg 1.x compiling and running on Linux -and FreeBSD on i386, Solaris, MacOS X and win32 architectures. psycopg2 -does not introduce build-wise incompatible changes so it should be able to -compile on all architectures just as its predecessor did. +psycopg2 can compile and run on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOS X and +Windows architecture. It supports Python versions from 2.4 onwards and +PostgreSQL versions from 7.4 onwards. psycopg2 is free software ("free as in freedom" but I like beer too.) It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or @@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ """Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter -psycopg is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming -language. This is version 2, a complete rewrite of the original code to -provide new-style classes for connection and cursor objects and other sweet -candies. Like the original, psycopg 2 was written with the aim of being -very small and fast, and stable as a rock. +psycopg2 is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming +language. psycopg2 was written with the aim of being very small and fast, +and stable as a rock. -psycopg is different from the other database adapter because it was +psycopg2 is different from the other database adapter because it was designed for heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or -UPDATEs. psycopg 2 also provide full asycronous operations for the really -brave programmer. +UPDATEs. psycopg2 also provide full asycronous operations and support +for coroutine libraries. """ classifiers = """\ |