The massive SQLALchemy 0.6 + 0.7 patch. Only 18 months late :) Main points: * Use SQLALchemy 0.6 APIs, dropping 0.5 support. * Create fullblown SQLAlchemy types for IbidUnicode(Text) rather than use TypeDecorator. Author: Stefano Rivera Merge Request: http://code.launchpad.net/~stefanor/ibid/sqlalchemy-0.6-trunk/+merge/66033 Approved by: Stefano Rivera, Max Rabkin, Jonathan Hitchcock, Keegan Carruthers-Smith Fixes LP: #598379