= Proposed System Wide Change: BerkeleyDB 6 =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BerkeleyDB_6
Change owner(s): Jan Staněk <jstanek(a)redhat.com>
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