On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM Frank Crawford <fr...@crawford.emu.id.au> wrote: > > Folks, > > I'm currently reviewing a package (c-icap - BZ2119983) which uses > Berkeley DB, a product that is now marked as deprecated. > > Currently the packager has decided to bundle BDB into the package, as > it is the only way to get around the issue, but given that BDB looks > like it will be around for sometime to come, would it be possible to > request an exemption to allow linking against the currently distributed > package, even though it is deprecated? This will remove the issue of > having to monitor for any security issue in BDB for this particular > package. > > We have raised the issue upstream and they are willing to move to a > replacement, but as it is not a fast moving development it may be a > little while before it is done. >
I think you can file an exception request with FESCo for this case. https://pagure.io/fesco -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
