[ZODB-Dev] Error running test.py in zodb3.1b

[Guido van Rossum]

> "There is a bug in Python 2.2.1 that causes crashes on some platforms.
> If you are using Python 2.2.1, you should recompile Python with the patch in
> `typeobject.patch` applied."
> 
> Is Windows affected? (I'm not clever enough to figure that out
> from the source...)

Yes.

> If I recompile, is it only the python.exe that needs to
> be replaced compared to a stock Windows 2.2.1? (My client
> doesn't own a C++ compiler...)
> 
> >Python 2.2.2 should be out in a few weeks.
> 
> Ok. Considering what GvR wrote, I hope you aren't
> waiting for PBF regarding that. I don't know about
> the Lysator people, but it seems to me that the
> PBF hasn't quite jelled yet...

2.2.2 won't wait for the PBF.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)