If you're doing a CRM app, many advantages to using Python 3 and not having to deal with 2's Unicode issues. Names do not respect a lack of Unicode, and you want people to be able to cut and paste and/or import names as people want to spell them.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > The django web site suggests that new projects use python3 unless > required > dependencies are not yet available for that version. I've no idea what > python dependencies I'll need for this job. > > What I want to do is convert an abandoned php application (last upgraded > a > decade ago) to django. The application is XRMS, an open source CRM (client > relationship manangement tool in my case) that is perhaps the only one that > supposedly supported postgresql via adodb. What I learned over the weekend > is that I cannot even install it and cannot find the reason why it's not > connecting to the db back end. > > A posting on a forum thread from 2007 reported that postgres was not > supported unless all extensions (none of which I need) are installed, and > all those extensions are hard coded for mysql. I have source code, schema, > and a very full set of docs; suprizingly complete. > > I suppose there's no reason to not use python-2.7.5 installed here for > this project, unless you advise me otherwise. I also need some advice and > guidance on how to proceed on creating a django application from the php > source files. > > TIA, > > Rich > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAF%2BxBDXL%2BLdu4FHd1HAh%2Bydt1DQefktosXDov%3DATfGX%3Df8rk%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
