[arch-dev-public] db6 rebuild dropped - new ToDo list

Pierre Schmitz pierre at archlinux.de
Mon Aug 19 12:08:15 EDT 2013


Am 19.08.2013 08:20, schrieb Gaetan Bisson:
> [2013-08-10 11:47:50 +0200] Andreas Radke:
>> Berkeley db5 won't see much further updates if any at all. We should
>> check each package that now links to it if that functionality is
>> essentially required.
> 
> For postfix, it is not strictly required, but upgrading to a db-free
> postfix will require user intervention. This is probably worth it but I
> would welcome the input of other devs. Please discuss there:
> 
> 	https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36592

I would suggest to keep db support here for now. Esp. when user
interaction is required and there is a good chance of breakage. There is
no need to hurry, as db5 will be around and used by other distros for
some time. In these cases it would be best to push the decision
upstream.

Greetings,

Pierre

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