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

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 06/08/2017 03:35 PM, Puustinen, Ismo wrote:

>> 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?

We have no plans to change to 6.x.

5.x is what all major Linux distros are using, so we can take security 
fixes from them as needed. 6.x has been more or less rejected by open 
source community.

Alex