{"categories":[{"label":"Database","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/database/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"This package is a deprecated virtual wrapper that redirects to mysqlclient for Python 3 (or MySQL-python for Python 2). It provides no MySQL functionality itself\u2014it exists only to route installations to the actual driver.","skillfed_tags":["deprecated","virtual-package"],"use_cases":["Legacy projects that have not yet migrated away from this deprecated virtual package wrapper.","Transitional builds where the package is being phased out in favor of a direct mysqlclient dependency.","Historical reference or documentation of how Python MySQL driver packaging evolved."],"what_it_does":"This is a virtual package\u2014a thin wrapper that exists only to redirect pip installations to mysqlclient (for Python 3) or MySQL-python (for Python 2). It contains no actual MySQL driver code. The package was created as a compatibility shim but has been abandoned since 2021 and is explicitly marked as deprecated by its maintainer.\n\nThe package's own documentation warns users not to install it and to depend directly on mysqlclient instead. While installation itself is frictionless and the package carries no known vulnerabilities, using it adds an unnecessary layer of indirection and ties your project to unmaintained code. For any new project, or any existing project still using this wrapper, the correct action is to remove this dependency and import mysqlclient directly.","worth_installing":"No. Do not install this package. The maintainer explicitly warns against it in the package description itself. Install mysqlclient directly instead. This package is abandoned (last release 2021-05-25) and serves no purpose except to redirect to the real driver\u2014a layer of indirection that adds no value and ties your project to unmaintained code."},"id":"mysql","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/mysql","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/mysql.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/mysql/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2021-05-25","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"mysql","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Virtual package for MySQL-python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":232521,"position":9064,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.0.3"}