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add note about new db2pickle.py and pickle2db.py scripts

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Skip Montanaro 2003-02-03 15:17:25 +00:00
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Tools/Demos Tools/Demos
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TBD - Two new scripts (db2pickle.py and pickle2db.py) were added to the
Tools/scripts directory to facilitate conversion from the old bsddb module
to the new one. While the user-visible API of the new module is
compatible with the old one, it's likely that the version of the
underlying database library has changed. To convert from the old library,
run the db2pickle.py script using the old version of Python to convert it
to a pickle file. After upgrading Python, run the pickle2db.py script
using the new version of Python to reconstitute your database. For
example:
% python2.2 -h some.db > some.pickle
% python2.3 -h some.db.new < some.pickle
Run the scripts without any args to get a usage message.
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@ -626,7 +640,10 @@ Extension modules
been added as the package bsddb. The traditional bsddb module is been added as the package bsddb. The traditional bsddb module is
still available in source code, but not built automatically anymore, still available in source code, but not built automatically anymore,
and is now named bsddb185. This supports Berkeley DB versions from and is now named bsddb185. This supports Berkeley DB versions from
3.0 to 4.1. 3.0 to 4.1. For help converting your databases from the old module (which
probably used an obsolete version of Berkeley DB) to the new module, see
the db2pickle.py and pickle2db.py scripts described in the Tools/Demos
section above.
- unicodedata was updated to Unicode 3.2. It supports normalization - unicodedata was updated to Unicode 3.2. It supports normalization
and names for Hangul syllables and CJK unified ideographs. and names for Hangul syllables and CJK unified ideographs.