What are the differences between mysql-connector-python, mysql-connector-python-rf and mysql-connector-repackaged?

Question

I'd like to use the mysql-connector library for python 3. I could use pymysql instead, but mysql-connector already has a connection pool implementation, while pymysql 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.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.