Bug#658829: Bug#706895: transition: db5.3
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> wrote:
> Am 05.05.2013 23:22, schrieb Ondřej Surý:
>> Package: release.debian.org
>> Severity: normal
>> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
>> Usertags: transition
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> it's that time again we should prepare to switch to new Berkeley DB
>> upstream version.
>>
>> This time it's the 5.1 to 5.3 transition. I expect that there might
>> be another upstream release before jessie is out, but since the
>> Berkeley DB transitions are so painful, I think it's a good idea to
>> practice it a bit, since we only did it correctly once for wheezy.
>>
>> I won't be uploading new db-defaults to unstable before you ack this
>> transition.
>
> is this really necessary with db 6.x on the horizon?
Absolutelly necessary? No, and I do expect another transition before
the jessie is out (unless we really speed up our release cycles :-)).
But my goal is to get the archive in such shape, so the transitions
from one BDB version to another are smooth as possible, and there are
only very rare case when the package needs to B-D on specific BDB
version. So, I won't be filling RC bugs when the transition to db 5.3
doesn't happen, but I will actively work with maintainers[1] to make
this happen.
BTW do you have any information on db 6.x? I haven't seen any nor I
have been able to find any information about it.
O.
1. I'll happily leave out the python and openldap off my list.
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Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>
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