Re: Use of deprecated Berkeley DB in new package

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On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM Frank Crawford <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I'm currently reviewing a package (c-icap - BZ2119983) which uses
> Berkeley DB, a product that is now marked as deprecated.
>
> Currently the packager has decided to bundle BDB into the package, as
> it is the only way to get around the issue, but given that BDB looks
> like it will be around for sometime to come, would it be possible to
> request an exemption to allow linking against the currently distributed
> package, even though it is deprecated?  This will remove the issue of
> having to monitor for any security issue in BDB for this particular
> package.
>
> We have raised the issue upstream and they are willing to move to a
> replacement, but as it is not a fast moving development it may be a
> little while before it is done.
>

I think you can file an exception request with FESCo for this case.

https://pagure.io/fesco



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