Drop package simplejson dependency

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setup.py for python version below 2.6 forces `simplejson` dependency. In some 
use cases there can be 2.5 version and for example `cjson` instead of 
`simplejson`.

Patch is attached.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by daevaorn on 13 Mar 2011 at 9:09

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• drop-simplejson-dependency.diff

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This patch will make couchdb-python package broken for pure 2.4 and 2.5 python 
installations which are announced as supported. If things are going in this 
way, so may be refactoring whole project is better to use all features of 
python 2.6 instead of removing one dependency?

Original comment by kxepal on 14 Mar 2011 at 8:29

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Yeah, I wouldn't want to take it like this. On the other hand, we can try to 
detect a cjson installation and not require simplejson if cjson is installed.

Original comment by djc.ochtman on 14 Mar 2011 at 8:37

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Package will not be broken. It will install nice and the some sub-components 
will even working (I use `couchdb.mapping` as wrapper for MongoDB objects which 
requirs no json library at all).

We can refactor `couchdb.json` module to perform more smart library discovery 
and helpful error message if no one is available.

Original comment by daevaorn on 14 Mar 2011 at 8:52

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I think the expectation should still be that major functionality like the stuff 
in the client module also works when couchdb-python is installed, so there 
should at least be some JSON available, whether it's stdlib json, simplejson or 
cjson. I'm not sure why you're so keen on getting the dependency removed, but 
we're not going to take your patch as-is.

Original comment by djc.ochtman on 14 Mar 2011 at 9:04

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Closing as invalid.

Original comment by djc.ochtman on 21 Sep 2012 at 8:25

• Changed state: Invalid