[OE-core] [PATCH v2] python3: make readline, gdbm, and db support conditional.

[Puustinen, Ismo]

On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 13:51 +0300, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On 06/07/2017 04:49 PM, Ismo Puustinen wrote:
> > The three libraries' (readline, gdbm, and db) licenses belong to
> > the
> > GPLv3 family. Add them to to PACKAGECONFIG so they can be switched
> > off
> > if the licensing doesn't allow using them. Python build system
> > autodetects the dependencies but doesn't allow them to be
> > explicitly
> > disabled, so just deal with the dependencies.
> 
> db should be taken out from this patch, it's no longer a gplv3
> concern 
> now that we're providing db 5.x only :)

I can leave db out of the patch then. Is db 5.x a long-term solution or
do we have to change to 6.x at some point? Is anyone maintaining db 5
(security fixes especially) anymore?

Ismo