On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Toni Mueller <supp...@oeko.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 11:30:30PM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: >> Isn't python 2.6 going away? I have just removed libdb4.8-dev in a > > I'm not sure, but argued against that on the python list > (debian-python@l.d.o). [1]
So, what is the conclussion? Should I care about libdbX.Y for python2.6 or not? >> If python2.6 isn't actually going away (e.g won't be released in >> wheezy), we have to decide what to do about db4.8 - I would really >> like to drop the library and development files and just keep >> db4.8-util for database file upgrades. There is also a problem that db >> files created by python would be incompatible with the rest of the >> other packages. > > Of course, but if Python2.6 could be made to work with libdb5.1, or just > do that out of the box, I would not bother about libdb4.8 - I only don't > have enough expertise to answer the question. In that case, having an > entry in NEWS.Debian would be sufficient, imho. Well, I have usually took standalone berkeley db python package and prepared patch on top of python2.x version to support newer berkeley db version. I could do that again if really needed, but I would like to hear the maintainer and/or release team voice first. The db4.7+db4.8->db5.1 transition is almost finished, with the one exception and that is python2.6. (Not counting broken upload of nmh.) http://release.debian.org/transitions/html/libdb.html and status from dak: Checking reverse dependencies... # Broken Depends: clisp: clisp-module-berkeley-db [hurd-i386] # blocked by FTBFS on hurd cyrus-imapd-2.4: cyrus-common # only db4.8-utils needed, thus OK db-defaults: db-upgrade-util # only db4.8-utils needed, thus OK python2.6: python2.6 python2.6-dbg # Broken Build-Depends: clisp: libdb4.8-dev # blocked by FTBFS on hurd-i386 python2.6: libdb4.8-dev Dependency problem found. O. -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org