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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/db - Imported sources 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jun 1997 22:46:43 +0400."
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 10:35:23 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com.au>
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=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, James FitzGibbon wrote:
> 
> >   Log Message:
> >   Import of Berkely DB 2.0
> 
> Why not import it in libc instead? (contrib version will be better)

Because:
1) It's not API compatable with the current version in libc
2) It's not compatable with the current .db file format
3) The author[s] explicitly reccomend *against* putting it in libc
4) It's got commercial use license restrictions if I remember correctly

While I think it's great software, I'm not sure that it's libc material..

Cheers,
-Peter