Hi Santiago,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM Santiago Vila <[email protected]> wrote:
> This package is stuck at version 3.2.1 since Debian 11 (oldoldstable)
 I should have asked for its removal in Debian 12.

> File debian/README.Debian says this is because MongoDB switched to SSPL.
>
> However, MongoDB and WiredTiger are different projects, and
> according to "LICENSE" file as found here:
>
> https://github.com/wiredtiger/wiredtiger
>
> it's GPL and therefore DFSG-compliant.
 I think I might have tricked by the tags, those are named as mongodb [1].

> So: Is there a real reason for this package to be stuck at version 3.2.1?
 I didn't ask for its removal. It seems wiredtiger is not used by any
other project. That is, it has no value for our users I think.

> I wonder if Laszlo would be willing to look at that and determine if it's
> a bug in the code or a bug in the tests, but naturally this would be
> only useful for trixie if the problem goes away in the latest version.
 I may update the package, but as noted above do you think it is worth
keeping in the archives?

Cheers,
Laszlo/GCS
[1] https://github.com/wiredtiger/wiredtiger/tags

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