Question about Django & Msyql-python for windows

[anton]

Hi,

I am using Django 1.6.2 with:
- python 2.7.6
- mysql-python-1.2.3
- and mysql 5.5.36)
on windows 7 64 bit.

I just saw that there is a MySQL-python-1.2.5.win32-py2.7.exe
on https://pypi.python.org/pypi/MySQL-python/1.2.5

I tried it out but stumbled over the fact that the
mysql connection over named pipes seems to be broken.
(via tcp port 3306 it works).

In the past I did a try to the 1.2.4 version but it did not work either
(do not remember exaclty what)

Since the mysql-python project seems to move quite slowly (no python 3.x)
my question is:

- is this the only way to run django & mysql on *windows*
or are there alternatives

- is mysql support on windows a bit deprecated?

Thanks

anton