On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Once upon a time, Jan Staněk <jstanek@xxxxxxxxxx> said: >> The topic of BerkeleyDB v6 in Fedora was already discussed at this list >> [1], and it turned out that peaceful cooperation of multiple libdb >> versions in system is very problematic. As some packages cannot use >> newer versions, we are basically stuck with v5 - unless we get rid of it >> altogether or find another solution. > > Why does v6 having an incompatible license mean we should get rid of v5? > BerkeleyDB is widely used because it meets a need, and v5 meets that > need in a license-compatible way for many programs. What benefit is > there in trying to remove it? In addition to Chris' question, shouldn't this effort be driven upstream first? I'm concerned that removing BerkeleyDB from these packages within Fedora will become a series of ever-lasting micro-forks. Also, is there a recommended replacement for libdb? josh -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
