Re: Confused about install as sqlite2

[email protected] wrote:
>     Dennis>     Try: block is the common method, I believe...
> 
>     Dennis> try:
>     Dennis>     import sqlite3 as db
>     Dennis> except ImportError:
>     Dennis>     from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as db
> 
> Thanks.  So it was a decision by the Python dev gang to change the way it
> was imported when it was incorporated into the core?

It was me who requested that the externally maintained version and the
version in Python core are in different packages. I wanted to continue
development in the external package and port back stable features into
Python core version.

Using the same namespace like the xml packages did proved to be a
desaster.

-- Gerhard