I didn’t test MySQL Connector/Python on a Microsoft Windows machine, but after somebody did and filed a bug report, I couldn’t resist launching VirtualBox. Fixing the problem with socket.MSG_WAITALL not being available on Windows wasn’t much work. However, adding support for MySQL’s Named Pipe on Windows seems to be a bigger challenge. I couldn’t find docs for win32api anymore on Python’s doc website for win32api, which is referenced everywhere, so I guess somebody needs to give a hint or write a patch.

Currently, MySQL Connector/Python is only available through Launchpad. Here’s a small how-to for installing it using the Bazaar bzr client tool. All you need is a machine with Python installed (v2.3 or higher, but not v3.x), and.. well, that’s it! $ bzr checkout lp:~mysql/myconnpy/main myconnpy $ cd myconnpy $ sudo python setup.py install Please check it out. It’s not feature complete yet, and probably can use some code optimizations here and there.

Yesterday I gave Google’s Picasa again a try. Importing my iPhoto library I ran into the now infamous error message: “corrupted AlbumData.xml”. The Apple support website has some tips on how to fix this, but it’s too vague. Luckily there are smart people out there and I stumbled upon a good way in the Picasa help forums to debug your AlbumData.xml using TextWrangler. Install TextWrangler if you haven’t already. Open your iPhoto Library using Finder: right-click (Ctrl-Click) and select ‘Show Package Contents’.

This has been already mentioned in on a few blogs, but I thought it would be good to post here too. Note: this is not using MacPorts! To get MySQL and Python going on MacOS X 10.6 you need the following: Download MySQL MacOS X 10.5 (x86_64) tar ball. Yes, we download for v10.5 currently. Get a copy of MySQL-python Install the latest XCode tools found on the Snow Leopard CD under option installs or download it.

EDIT: I’m a bit late with upgrading to Snow Leopard (just a few days!) but MacPorts has a package available which should work with Mac OS X 10.6. If you want to use MacPorts on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and can’t wait for the next release, you best get the latest from the SVN repository (posted on MacRumors): Get the latest XCode first: the one you installed on Leopard might not work.