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commit: e72bcc8406e41ade2e186fe88e14586a6f4bb9b4 |
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Author: David Seifert <soap <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Sun May 30 13:16:38 2021 +0000 |
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Commit: David Seifert <soap <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Sun May 30 13:16:38 2021 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=e72bcc84 |
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Add 2021-05-30-deprecate-old-bdb-slots |
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Signed-off-by: David Seifert <soap <AT> gentoo.org> |
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.../2021-05-30-deprecate-old-bdb-slots.en.txt | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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+Title: sys-libs/db old SLOT removal |
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+Author: David Seifert <soap@g.o> |
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+Posted: 2021-05-30 |
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+Revision: 1 |
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+News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:1 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:3 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.2 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.3 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.4 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.5 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.6 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:4.7 |
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+Display-If-Installed: sys-libs/db:5.1 |
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+ |
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+On 2021-07-01, we will mask the following Berkeley DB (aka sys-libs/db) |
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+slots for removal from the tree within 90 days (bug #792222): |
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+ |
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+- 1 |
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+- 3 |
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+- 4.2 |
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+- 4.3 |
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+- 4.4 |
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+- 4.5 |
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+- 4.6 |
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+- 4.7 |
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+- 5.1 |
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+ |
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+You should export your data first before rebuilding any applications |
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+against newer slots of sys-libs/db. |
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+ |
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+Furthermore, the Gentoo Base System Team has decided to consider |
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+sys-libs/db a deprecated database backend. What this means for you is |
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+that we will slowly start deprecating optional use of sys-libs/db in |
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+consumers and mask their USE="berkdb" flags with the goal of eventual |
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+removal of berkdb support from those packages. |
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+ |
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+Other distros such as Fedora have started a gradual phase-out of |
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+Berkeley DB too, given Oracle's strong-armed approach to community |
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+input and their arguably hostile switch to the AGPLv3 |
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+(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Libdb_deprecated). Furthermore, |
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+Oracle is known for removing critical features from BDB in supposed |
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+patch releases, such as the removal of the client-server architecture |
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+and the SQL API between 18.1.32 and 18.1.40. |
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+ |
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+To this end, we will also be removing USE="berkdb" from |
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+profiles/default/linux/make.defaults on 2021-07-01. If you implicitly |
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+depend on profiles enabling optional use of sys-libs/db, you will need |
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+to enable this USE flag yourself. |
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+ |
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+From here on, you should be working under the assumption that the |
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+sys-libs/db package will be gone from the Gentoo repository within |
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+**two years** from the time of this news item. If you depend on BDB in |
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+a production environment, we strongly suggest you move to one of the |
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+modern replacements, such as GDBM, SQLite or LMDB. |
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