1. Introduction
   1.1. Project/Component Working Name:

        MySQL Python

   1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:

        Darren Kenny

   1.3. Date of This Document:

        01/31/08
        
   1.3.1. Date this project was conceived:

        05/08/01

   1.4. Name of Major Document Customer(s)/Consumer(s):

        1.4.1. The PAC or CPT you expect to review your project:

                Solaris PAC

        1.4.2. The ARC(s) you expect to review your project:

                LSARC

        1.4.3. The Director/VP who is "Sponsoring" this project:

                robert.odea@sun.com

        1.4.4. The name of your business unit:

                OPG / OpenSource.

   1.5. Email Aliases:
        1.5.1. Responsible Manager:

                leo.binchy@sun.com

        1.5.2. Responsible Engineer:

                darren.kenny@sun.com

        1.5.3. Marketing Manager:

                dan.roberts@sun.com

        1.5.4. Interest List:

                desktop-discuss@opensolaris.org

4. Technical Description:
    4.1. Details:

        MySQL-Python is an open source interface to the MySQL database server
        for Python.

        The design goals are:
        
        - Compliance with Python database API version 2.0 [PEP-0249]
        
        - Thread-safety
        
        - Thread-friendliness (threads will not block each other)
        
        MySQL-3.23 through 5.0 and Python-2.3 through 2.5 are currently
        supported.
        
        The version being integrated is 1.2.2

    4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):

        None.

    4.3. In Scope:

        See above.

    4.4. Out of Scope:

        See above.

    4.5. Interfaces:

        --------------------------------------------------------------------
        Exported                    Stability       Comments                
        --------------------------------------------------------------------
        SUNWmysql-python            Uncommitted     Package name            
        MySQLdb                     Uncommitted     Python module [PEP-2249]
                                                                            
                                                                            
        --------------------------------------------------------------------
        Imported                    Stability       Comments                
        --------------------------------------------------------------------
        Python 2.4.x                External        PSARC 2005/532          
        MySQL C API                 Committed       LSARC 2007/608          


    4.6. Doc Impact:

        Man page will be provided pointing to the on-line API documentation.

    4.7. Admin/Config Impact:

        None.

    4.8. HA Impact:

        None.

    4.9. I18N/L10N Impact:

        The JDS team and the G11N are working together to evaluation and
        provide I18N/L10N support.

    4.10. Packaging & Delivery:
    
        Adds new package, SUNWmysql-python, approx 145 KB.
        Package will go into SUNWCall, SUNWCXall and SUNWCprog clusters.

    4.11. Security Impact:

        None.

    4.12. Dependencies:

        The following versions of the imported interfaces are required:
        Python                  >= 2.3
        MySQL                   >= 3.23

5. Reference Documents:

        PSARC 2005/532, Python migration from /usr/sfw to /usr and upgrade 
                        to v2.4.x

        LSARC 2007/608, Including MySQL 5.0 with Solaris

        [PEP-0249]      http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0249.html

        MySQLdb API     http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/MySQLdb-1.2.2/