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22732	MySQL-for-Python-3 is not actively maintained.	songofacandy@…	nobody	"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#id8 says:

> At the time of writing, the latest release of MySQLdb (1.2.4) doesn’t support Python 3. In order to use MySQLdb under Python 3, you’ll have to install an unofficial fork, such as MySQL-for-Python-3.
>
> This port is still in alpha. In particular, it doesn’t support binary data, making it impossible to use django.db.models.BinaryField.

MySQL-for-Python-3 has not maintained for long time.

I've forked MySQLdb and support Python 3. It support binary.

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysqlclient
* https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python

Could you try mysqlclient and promote it instead of MySQL-for-Python-3?"	Uncategorized	closed	Python 3	1.6	Normal	needsinfo			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0