Removing (or trying to) BerkeleyDB from Fedora

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net> wrote:
> 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?

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