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diff --git a/src/interfaces/python/Announce b/src/interfaces/python/Announce deleted file mode 100644 index 45270cf1042..00000000000 --- a/src/interfaces/python/Announce +++ /dev/null @@ -1,158 +0,0 @@ - -Announce: Release of PyGreSQL version 3.3 -========================================= - -PyGreSQL v3.3 has been released. -It is available at: ftp://ftp.druid.net/pub/distrib/PyGreSQL.tgz. If -you are running NetBSD, look in the packages directory under databases. -There is also a package in the FreeBSD ports collection. - -From March 1 2001 the PyGreSQL development has moved into the PostgreSQL -development tree. - -PostgreSQL is a database system derived from Postgres4.2. It conforms -to (most of) ANSI SQL and offers many interesting capabilities (C -dynamic linking for functions or type definition, etc.). This package -is copyright by the Regents of the University of California, and is -freely distributable. - -Python is an interpreted programming language. It is object oriented, -simple to use (light syntax, simple and straightforward statements), and -has many extensions for building GUIs, interfacing with WWW, etc. An -intelligent web browser (HotJava like) is currently under development -(November 1995), and this should open programmers many doors. Python is -copyrighted by Stichting S Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The -Netherlands, and is freely distributable. - -PyGreSQL is a python module that interfaces to a PostgreSQL database. It -embeds the PostgreSQL query library to allow easy use of the powerful -PostgreSQL features from a Python script. - -This release fixes a few bugs, adds a few minor features and makes a -few speedups in the code. - -The next release (unless serious bugs are found) will be to match PyGreSQL -to version 2.0 of Python. - -See the other changes below or in the Changelog file. - -PyGreSQL 2.0 was developed and tested on a NetBSD 1.3_BETA system. It -is based on the PyGres95 code written by Pascal Andre, -andre@chimay.via.ecp.fr. I changed the version to 2.0 and updated the -code for Python 1.5 and PostgreSQL 6.2.1. While I was at it I upgraded -the code to use full ANSI style prototypes and changed the order of -arguments to connect. Later versions are fixes and enhancements to that. -The latest version of PyGreSQL works with Python 1.5.2 and PostgreSQL 7.0.x - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.2 to PyGreSQL 3.3 - - Added NUMERICOID to list of returned types. This fixes a bug when - returning aggregates in the latest version of PostgreSQL. - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.1 to PyGreSQL 3.2 - Note that there are very few changes to PostgreSQL between 3.1 and - 3.2. The main reason for the release is the move into the PostgreSQL - development tree. Even the WIN32 changes are pretty minor. - - Add WIN32 support (gerhard@bigfoot.de) - - Fix some DB-API quoting problems (niall.smart@ebeon.com) - - Moved development into PostgreSQL development tree. - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 3.0 to PyGreSQL 3.1 - - Fix some quoting functions. In particular handle NULLs better. - - Use a method to add primary key information rather than direct - manipulation of the class structures. - - Break decimal out in _quote (in pg.py) and treat it as float. - - Treat timestamp like date for quoting purposes. - - Remove a redundant SELECT from the get method speeding it, and insert - since it calls get, up a little. - - Add test for BOOL type in typecast method to pgdbTypeCache class. - (tv@beamnet.de) - - Fix pgdb.py to send port as integer to lower level function - (dildog@l0pht.com) - - Change pg.py to speed up some operations - - Allow updates on tables with no primary keys. - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.4 to PyGreSQL 3.0: - - Remove strlen() call from pglarge_write() and get size from object. - (Richard@Bouska.cz) - - Add a little more error checking to the quote function in the wrapper - - Add extra checking in _quote function - - Wrap query in pg.py for debugging - - Add DB-API 2.0 support to pgmodule.c (andre@via.ecp.fr) - - Add DB-API 2.0 wrapper pgdb.py (andre@via.ecp.fr) - - Correct keyword clash (temp) in tutorial - - Clean up layout of tutorial - - Return NULL values as None (rlawrence@lastfoot.com) (WARNING: This - will cause backwards compatibility issues.) - - Change None to NULL in insert and update - - Change hash-bang lines to use /usr/bin/env - - Clearing date should be blank (NULL) not TODAY - - Quote backslashes in strings in _quote (brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) - - Expanded and clarified build instructions (tbryan@starship.python.net) - - Make code thread safe (Jerome.Alet@unice.fr) - - Add README.distutils (mwa@gate.net & jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us) - - Many fixes and increased DB-API compliance by chifungfan@yahoo.com, - tony@printra.net, jeremy@alum.mit.edu and others to get the final - version ready to release. - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.3 to PyGreSQL 2.4: - - Insert returns None if the user doesn't have select permissions - on the table. It can (and does) happen that one has insert but - not select permissions on a table. - - Added ntuples() method to query object (brit@druid.net) - - Corrected a bug related to getresult() and the money type - - Corrected a bug related to negative money amounts - - Allow update based on primary key if munged oid not available and - table has a primary key - - Add many __doc__ strings. (andre@via.ecp.fr) - - Get method works with views if key specified - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.2 to PyGreSQL 2.3: - - connect.host returns "localhost" when connected to Unix socket - (torppa@tuhnu.cutery.fi) - - Use PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords in connect() (torppa@tuhnu.cutery.fi) - - fixes and cleanups (torppa@tuhnu.cutery.fi) - - Fixed memory leak in dictresult() (terekhov@emc.com) - - Deprecated pgext.py - functionality now in pg.py - - More cleanups to the tutorial - - Added fileno() method - terekhov@emc.com (Mikhail Terekhov) - - added money type to quoting function - - Compiles cleanly with more warnings turned on - - Returns PostgreSQL error message on error - - Init accepts keywords (Jarkko Torppa) - - Convenience functions can be overridden (Jarkko Torppa) - - added close() method - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.1 to PyGreSQL 2.2: - - Added user and password support thanks to Ng Pheng Siong <ngps@post1.com> - - Insert queries return the inserted oid - - Add new pg wrapper (C module renamed to _pg) - - Wrapped database connection in a class. - - Cleaned up some of the tutorial. (More work needed.) - - Added version and __version__. Thanks to thilo@eevolute.com for - the suggestion. - -Important changes from PyGreSQL 2.0 to PyGreSQL 2.1: - - return fields as proper Python objects for field type - - Cleaned up pgext.py - - Added dictresult method - -Important changes from Pygres95 1.0b to PyGreSQL 2.0: - - Updated code for PostgreSQL 6.2.1 and Python 1.5. - - Reformatted code and converted to ANSI . - - Changed name to PyGreSQL (from PyGres95.) - - Changed order of arguments to connect function. - - Created new type pgqueryobject and moved certain methods to it. - - Added a print function for pgqueryobject - - Various code changes - mostly stylistic. - -For more information about each package, please have a look to their -web pages: - - Python : http://www.python.org/ - - PostgreSQL : http://www.PostgreSQL.org/ - - PyGreSQL : http://www.druid.net/pygresql/ - - -D'Arcy J.M. Cain -darcy@druid.net - - |