[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#460562: Bug#460562: Bug#460562: Bug#460562: Bug#460562: change of package name to "libdb-dev" makes it uninstallable

[Florian Weimer]

* Clint Adams:

> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:26:18PM +0000, Martin Guy wrote:
>> Can do. Should I ask them to change to requiring libdb-dev or libdb4.6-dev?
>> I.E. Is the future plan to keep one version only and simply increase
>> libdb's version number, or to carry on from here with the 4.6 4.7 4.8
>> scheme of things to limit breakage? (the former I hope!)
>
> My personal opinion is that everyone should build-depend on
> libdb-dev (>= 4.6.19-1). Not everyone agrees with me.

I've come to the conclusion that this will work if appropriate binary
NMUs are scheduled on all affected packages immediately after Berkeley
DB 4.7 is uploaded (provided that it's uploaded as db, or provides
libdb-dev in some way).  This might result in tons of RC bugs, but it's
probably the only way to keep the number of Berkeley DB packages down.