[PyKDE] sipPQ almost ready

[Phil Thompson]

On Tuesday 03 June 2003 5:56 pm, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> sipPQ is almost ready for an initial, alpha release.
>
> - queries seem to work
> - copy in/out seems to work
> - large objects seem to work
> - notifications seem to work
>
> I have the async functions defined, but I am having a bit of trouble using
> them so that I can test them. I'll probably give up soon and make the
> release anyway.
>
> I am going to write a few more tests tonight, then package it all up into
> one, loveable package, and release it to the world.
>
> Can anyone suggest a better name than sipPQ? There already exists a
> PyGreSQL, which is written in straight C with some Python extension
> modules. I chose sipPQ, because it is literally a sip of the 'pq' library,
> which is what C applications use to connect to a PostgreSQL database.
>
> And on a side note, I noticed Phil Thompson's name appearing in the
> PostgreSQL documentation, on the frontend/backend protocol page. Phil, are
> you a huge PostgreSQL fan as well? Are you still actively contributing to
> the project?

I've always been a fan of PostgreSQL. I tend to use MySQL these days, but only 
because that's the database that my ISP provides. PostgreSQL was the first 
open source project I made any significant contribution to but, now that I've 
found my own itch to scratch, I no longer have the time.

Phil