On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 09:32:04AM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > 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? It's not a drop-in replacement, but I have seen sqlite be a viable option for projects wanting some database library and wanting a stable API. Many upstream projects that can use berkdb have grown sqlite support as an option. -- David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> Manager, Installer Engineering Team Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
