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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index f20c208..80e829b 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -1266,7 +1266,14 @@ The old version of the module has been renamed to have to edit \file{Modules/Setup} to enable it. Note that the new \module{bsddb} package is intended to be compatible with the old module, so be sure to file bugs if you discover any -incompatibilities. +incompatibilities. When upgrading to Python 2.3, if you also change +the underlying BerkeleyDB library, you will almost certainly have to +convert your database files to the new version. You can do this +fairly easily with the new scripts \file{db2pickle.py} and +\file{pickle2db.py} which you will find in the distribution's +Tools/scripts directory. If you've already been using the PyBSDDB +package, importing it as \module{bsddb3}, you will have to change your +\code{import} statements. \item The Distutils \class{Extension} class now supports an extra constructor argument named \var{depends} for listing |