[pkg-db-devel] Bug#622916: Bug#621383: Bug#622916: libdb4.7-dev: please reinstate -ldb support

[Ondřej Surý]

Hi Dominic,

> All that said, I think it largely depends on the libdb team being
> able to describe what their strategy is. The versioned -dev packages
> were presumably introduced for a reason; are they staying, and for
> what purposes are they now intended?

I took over Berkeley DB after Clint orphaned all packages, so I don't
know what he had in mind, but I have tried to summarize my plan as a
ReleaseGoal for wheezy:

http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/BerkeleyDB

and in the wiki for a long term vision:

http://wiki.debian.org/BerkeleyDB

Hope that answers your questions. If not ask, I'll be happy to explain
and add answers here and to those wiki pages...

Ondrej
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Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>