= Proposed System Wide Change: BerkeleyDB 6 = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BerkeleyDB_6 Change owner(s): Jan Staněk <jstanek@xxxxxxxxxx> Add BerkeleyDB v. 6, which changed license from previous releases (GPLv2+ to AGPLv3+), to Fedora while keeping the older version for packages which cannot use BerkeleyDB with the new license. == Detailed Description == The BerkeleyDB, used between others by rpm [1], changed license between versions 5.* and 6.* to AGPLv3+ from GPLv2+. As those two licenses are not compatible, packages using the BerkeleyDB either has to change its license to AGPLv3+ compatible, keep on using the older BerkeleyDB or use another DB entirely. Target of this change is to create new set of packages from current libdb [2], which contains the v5 version, and keep it alongside the latest BerkeleyDB. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Create new set of packages and introduce proper versioning in order to not confuse the dynamic linker. * Other developers: Packages dependent on libdb would have to specify which version they want to use (specify version in the spec Requires: field). Rebuilds of dependent packages will be necessary. * Release engineering: None * Policies and guidelines: None [1] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rpm [2] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/libdb _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
