[MacPorts] #56229: subversion @1.9.7_1 can be compiled with db48 on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8, Leopard

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#56229: subversion @1.9.7_1 can be compiled with db48 on PPC Mac OS X 10.5.8,
Leopard
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  Reporter:  ballapete   |      Owner:  danielluke
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.4.2
Resolution:              |   Keywords:  leopard
      Port:  subversion  |
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Comment (by danielluke):

 The reason why subversion (and a bunch of other ports) are stuck on bdb4.6
 is that was the last release before Oracle changed the license.
 Originally, Oracle's license for later bdb releases was pretty
 incompatible with normal use - I think they fixed that. Someone needs to
 verify that the licensing is OK for newer bdb (I was going to do it, but I
 guess I've never gotten around to it, and it has been quite a while). We
 should move to the latest bdb release that is supported by subversion (and
 the other ports) that has a license that is reasonable.

 As far as test failures, we don't want to commit any update that generates
 more failures than existed before our change - and ideally nothing that
 generates any failures that we can't explain away as problems with the
 test (and if there are problems with the test, we should report upstream
 and maybe help fix them).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56229#comment:5>
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