Hi,
I would like to open a discussion on whether we can remove src:db5.3 from Debian.
(Or at least cut down the list of the downstream packages using it...)
It has been horribly outdated, orphaned, and there are much better replacements available.
And if we don't ever start, we will be stuck with this into next release cycle and then next
pretending that everything is fine
This list of Depends isn't actually that horrible (see below), so I can probably walk this through
by hand and identify what actually matters... I think that most of the software includes BDB
for legacy reasons.
Ondrej
This is src:db5.3
# Broken Build-Depends:
animals: libdb5.3++-dev
bdbvu: libdb5.3++-dev
exim4: libdb5.3-dev
freespeech: libdb5.3t64
litecoin: libdb5.3++-dev
python-bsddb3: libdb5.3-dev
rulex: libdb5.3t64
subversion: libdb5.3-dev
This is src:db-defaults:
# Broken Build-Depends:
389-ds-base: libdb-dev
apr-util: libdb-dev
apt: libdb-dev
bind9: libdb-dev
bmf: libdb-dev (5.1 >=)
bogofilter: libdb-dev (4.6.19 >=)
boxbackup: libdb-dev (4.7 >=)
bruteforce-wallet: libdb-dev
c-icap: libdb-dev
c-icap-modules: libdb-dev
chise-base: libdb-dev (4.8 >=)
clisp: libdb-dev
diffoscope: db-util
dovecot: libdb-dev
dsniff: libdb-dev
evolution-data-server: db-util
libdb-dev
freespeech: libdb-dev
fsvs: libdb-dev
glusterfs: libdb-dev
gnucobol3: libdb-dev
gnucobol4: libdb-dev
gridengine: libdb-dev
heimdal: libdb-dev
hpsockd: libdb-dev
inn2: libdb-dev
iproute2: libdb-dev
isync: libdb-dev
jabberd2: libdb-dev
jack-audio-connection-kit: libdb-dev
jackd2: libdb-dev
jigdo: libdb-dev (4.8 >=)
kamailio: libdb-dev
libberkeleydb-perl: libdb-dev
libetpan: libdb-dev
libguestfs: db-util
libical3: libdb-dev
libnss-db: libdb-dev (4.6 >)
libpam-abl: libdb-dev
libpam-ccreds: libdb-dev
libpinyin: libdb-dev
librcc: libdb-dev
mailutils: libdb-dev
mit-scheme: libdb-dev
moc: libdb-dev
monero: libdb-dev
netatalk: libdb-dev
nmh: libdb-dev
nss-updatedb: libdb-dev (4.7 >=)
nvi: libdb-dev
opendkim: libdb-dev
opensmtpd: libdb-dev
pam: libdb-dev
perdition: libdb-dev
perl: libdb-dev
php8.4: libdb-dev
poedit: libdb-dev
postfix: libdb-dev
python3.13: libdb-dev
python3.14: libdb-dev
redland: libdb-dev
reprepro: libdb-dev
rulex: libdb-dev
sendmail: libdb-dev
skksearch: libdb-dev
skktools: libdb-dev
sks: libdb-dev
spamprobe: libdb-dev
squidguard: libdb-dev
swi-prolog: libdb-dev
syrep: libdb-dev (5.1 >=)
tcpstat: libdb-dev
vacation: libdb-dev (5.1 >=)
webalizer: libdb-dev (4.7 >=)
wvstreams: libdb-dev
xastir: libdb-dev
xemacs21: libdb-dev
Ondrej
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Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
ondrej@sury.org
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