2011/4/5 Luk Claes <[email protected]>: > On 04/05/2011 02:55 PM, Ondřej Surý wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to coordinate reduction of BDB packages since I took the >> unhappy job (as I could expect) to maintain BDB in Debian after Clint >> have orphaned them. >> >> The main issue which I have encountered (in cyrus-imapd) is that the >> change from 4.x to 5.x introduces code changes, because the packages >> check for 4 + something version number. The fix is easy (I can help >> with that if needed), but it still some work which needs to be done. > > In principal the reduction of bdb packages is a very good idea! Though > care should be taken to better choose which versions are shipped: > openldap for instance really needs a fast one. > > Best would probably be to have one of each major user (like cyrus-imapd > and openldap, but maybe also some others) of bdb involved in testing new > packages before they get uploaded to unstable? So both the build and > usage can be tested before random packages start to use it.
Fortunatelly the cyrus-imapd uses berkeley db no more as a default (from cyrus-imapd-2.4 onwards). The only thing left is migration from 2.2 to 2.4. I agree that openldap people should be definitely involved. Maybe subversion as well? O. -- Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
