[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12491: Accessing myth database from python bindings throws an exception

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#12491: Accessing myth database from python bindings throws an exception
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 Reporter:  hobbes1069@…          |          Owner:  wagnerrp
     Type:  Bug Report - General  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  Bindings - Python     |        Version:  0.27-fixes
 Severity:  medium                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                        |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by Roger Siddons <dizygotheca@…>):

 Dev list discussion
 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/592151

 This issue also affects Ubuntu 15.10.
 \\Vivid (15.04) uses python-mysqldb 1.2.3.2 whereas Wily (15.10) uses
 1.3.4-2

 The bindings do appear to support 2 Python SQL libraries - mysqldb and
 oursql.
 This issue only concerns mysqldb, which changed upstream in 1.3.4
 \\https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-
 python/commit/382fb9f9b3453f579f7bb59af46f127405635945

 For mysqldb, Fedora & Ubuntu package the same source, which was MySQLdb1
 up to 1.2.3 and mysqlclient thereafter.

 MySQLdb1 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/
 is a legacy project that's been dormant for 2 years. It doesn't support
 Python 3 and the maintainer cannot be contacted.

 mysqlclient https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python is an active
 fork  to support distributions moving to Python 3.

 It appears they will likely be merged back together once the name
 ownership is resolved.
 \\https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python/issues/44

 Attached patch has been tested on Ubuntu 15.04 (python scripts still work)
 & 15.10 (fixes issue), so should fix all distros using python-mysqldb

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