From: Gary B. <bur...@ya...> - 2006-09-14 13:42:03
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Hello all, I'm no python or bsddb expert but I wonder whether anything like the following is possible and/or practical, depending on whose got the right skills. I understand that bsddb has APIs for various other languages as well as python, C included. I also understand that it's possible to extend python by adding modules written in C. Investigate whether it is possible to write a module in C that provides the functionality to properly close the database for portability that python 2.4 cannot do. If someone has C skills then maybe a python module could be coded which gramps could use where the python version running gramps is < 2.5. One problem with this approach that does come to mind is the issue of compiling C on Windows. However this may just be a packaging issue as I guess most Windows users would expect to see binaries rather than source code. I'm sure there are many other reasons to shoot this down but perhaps it's a way forward... Cheers Gary ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com |