BerkeleyDB 6 symbol versioning and associated problems

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com> said:
> I don't know if I have a good suggestion here, none of the alternatives
> sound appealing.

Is there a compelling reason to upgrade to BDB-6 (other than 6 > 5)?
The license change really seems to be a PITA, since it is incompatible
with the licenses of software already using BDB-5.
-- 
Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net>