I was surprised to see MySQLdb has surpassed 10 million downloads this year. I'm not sure why there's been such a surge over the past two years, but I'm not complaining.

Additional news: I've uploaded an official WIndows MSI for 1.2.3 and 32-bit Python. You're welcome.

After far too long, I am happy to announce the availability of MySQL for Python version 1.2.3. This maintenance release of the 1.2 branch includes a number of bug fixes that address the most prominent current issues our users have faced. This includes fixing some unicode functionality, rare memory leaks, and remedies for long-standing build problems (particularly on OS X). Along with this, we have expanded the test suite to ensure the quality of future releases.... read more

http://mysql-python.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-releases-coming-soon.html

Minor release to add savepoint support.

MySQL support for Python. MySQL versions 3.23-5.1; and Python versions 2.3-2.5 are supported. MySQLdb is the Python DB API-2.0 interface. _mysql is a low-level API similiar to the MySQL C API. ZMySQLDA is a Database Adapter for Zope2.

First and hopefully only beta release. It has gone through extensive testing already and is being used in production. Final release will occur once I've had a chance to beat on the Unicode support a bit more.

Initial release of an extensively reworked Zope adapter. This is an alpha
release due to the limited testing it has so far undergone and that there are a
couple areas that could probably use a bit more attention.

If you test this release and find any problems please file bugs in the sf.net
tracker.

I'll be attending the MySQL Conference this year. For more (but not much more) details, see the new developer blog:

http://mysql-python.blogspot.com/

1.2.2b3 will probably be the final release before 1.2.2, though there may be a release candidate. I expect to release 1.2.2 during PyCon 2007.

Good news for Windows users: The Windows build should now work out of the box without any patching or hacking, so long as you are building against MySQL-5.0; if you are building against another version, minor hacking is required for now. As usual, I do not (and can not) make Windows binaries. If you have one to contribute, let me know. Most likely users will want MySQL-5.0 and Python-2.4 or 2.5, which means two different builds. Please build against stock packages (i.e. the python.org and mysql.com ones).... read more

MySQL-python got second runner-up in the Database category in the 2006 Community Choice Awards, behind Firebird and phpMyAdmin. I was actually a little surprised to have made the list at all.

There have been a few small bugs cropping up in MySQLdb-1.2.1 that only affect old versions of MySQL. Some only affect 4.0 and older, and some affect 3.23 and older. If you're using 4.1 or newer, they won't affect you. None of them are security-related. I've already fixed these in Subversion and I'm going to make a patchlevel release later this week (1.2.1_p1).... read more

MySQLdb-1.2.1 has finally been released after more than a year of on-again, off-again development. This also coincides with the migration of the source repository to Subversion. I had intended to do this after 1.2.1, but an untimely outage of the SourceForge CVS servers accelerated the process.

I intend for this to be the final release of the 1.2 series barring any serious bugs.

For more details on the roadmap, see:... read more