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?
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Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net>