On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net> wrote:
Once upon a time, Jan Staněk <jstanek(a)redhat.com> 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