Removing (or trying to) BerkeleyDB from Fedora

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Jan Staněk <jstanek at 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 at cmadams.net>