text_combined: gaetan de menten hyhwibkjagmailcom pleased announce version 052 elixir httpelixirematiade available always feedback welcome preferably elixir mailing list minor bug fixes release mostly restoring python 23 compatibility full list changes seen httpelixirematiadetracbrowserelixirtags052changes elixir elixir declarative layer top sqlalchemy library fairly thin wrapper provides ability create simple python classes map directly relational database tables pattern often referred active record design pattern providing many benefits traditional databases without losing convenience python objects elixir intended replace activemapper sqlalchemy extension turboentity project intend replace sqlalchemys core features instead focuses providing simpler syntax defining model objects need full expressiveness sqlalchemys manual mapper definitions mailing list httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsqlelixirabout gaëtan de menten httpopenhexorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonannouncelist support python software foundation httpwwwpythonorgpsfdonationshtml wed 06 aug 2008 093659 0100 elixir 052 released