What are the differences between mysql-connector-python, mysql-connector-python-rf and mysql-connector-repackaged?
Solution 1
I was just asking myself similar question and I think I found the "fresh" answer. Here is info from two weeks ago: https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/issues/5537
It seems that currently a long-inactive person is owner of the mysql-connector name, hence MySQL developers release under name mysql-connector-python.
Solution 2
The main differences between them are:
mysql-connector-repackaged: is old, do not use it
mysql-connector-python 2.0.4: is the original uploaded by MySQL. But it has the problem that does not works with Django >= 1.8. MySQL did not upload yet their stable version 2.1.3 to this repo.
mysql-connector-python-rf 2.1.3: is the solution to all your problems if you use Django >= 1.8
Solution 3
If I were to base my assessment on the goodness of a package by how many people have downloaded it, I would suggest you choose mysql-connector-python-rf 2.1.3.
mysql-connector-repackaged 0.3.1 was uploaded in 2012 and had 406 downloads last month (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-repackaged)
mysql-connector-python-rf 2.1.3 was uploaded in 2015 and had 1416 downloads in the last month (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-python-rf)
mysql-connector-python 2.0.4 has only had 5 downloads in the past month, but that seems to be because it is the official one from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/
mysql-connector-python-rf worked for me with pip whereas mysql-connector-python gave me issues.
John Smith Optional
Updated on June 21, 2022Comments
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John Smith Optional almost 2 years
I'd like to use the
mysql-connector
library for python 3. I could usepymysql
instead, butmysql-connector
already has a connection pool implementation, whilepymysql
doesn't seem to have one. So this would be less code for me to write.However, when I do
$ pip3 search mysql-connector
I find that these 3 libraries are available:
mysql-connector-repackaged - MySQL driver written in Python mysql-connector-python-rf - MySQL driver written in Python mysql-connector-python - MySQL driver written in Python
This is very confusing. Anybody knows which one I should use and why?
Thanks for your help.
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Qiulang almost 3 yearspipreqs got it all wrong. github.com/bndr/pipreqs/issues/261
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John Smith Optional over 8 yearsThe stats must be wrong. Even very obscure libraries have more hits than 5 downloads a month. I guess the stats are wrong because mysql-connector-python is externally hosted (you have to install it using --allow-external).
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James Tobin over 8 yearsthe 5 downloads in the past month is seemingly because everyone downloads it straight from dev.mysql.com instead of from pypi
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John Smith Optional about 8 yearsThanks for your reply. Do you have a source about this?
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KGs over 7 yearsMy own experience @JohnSmithOptional !
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wspurgin almost 6 yearsJust want to callout that
mysql-connector-python
has been more active than the oldrf
package in the last 6-9ish months. It's on version 8.0.11 now (and I believe it's now the more preferred) but :shrugs:. -
John Smith Optional about 5 yearsThat seems to finally answer the question indeed. Thanks!
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criticabug over 4 yearsNow mysql-connector description says Deprecated, go for official version pypi.org/project/mysql-connector-python.