On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 10:17:47PM -0500, James Turner wrote:

[snip]

> I'll check with others but I'm not sure reliability is really the
> concern. We imported SQLite into our base tree. Because of this we try,
> when possible, to limit duplicating libraries in ports to reduce having
> to patch multiple versions of the same libraries.
> 
> A good example of this is Firefox and newer software that uses WebKit.
> These projects like to ship their own copies of libraries to make their
> building process easier. For us, it just increases our headaches when
> it comes to maintaining required patches.
> 
> SQLite is clearly a different case. I believe the only major patch we
> have in our tree relates to adding arc4random(3) support. If fossil
> removes --disable-internal-sqlite I highly doubt I'll be asked to
> maintain this feature in our ports tree (again I'll check with others
> and get back with you).
> 
> -- 
> James Turner

I didn't get a strong outcry from other OpenBSD porters. We understand
embedding SQLite is the typical way it's used and therefor somewhat of
a different case.

We would prefer --disable-internal-sqlite to remain but again you are
the maintainers and of course must make the final decision.

-- 
James Turner
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