Bug#621383: Bug#622916: libdb4.7-dev: please reinstate -ldb support

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 04:47:50PM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> 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...

Thanks for the pointers; yes, I think that clarifies things for me.

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