Re: State of BDB FS backend

Branko Čibej <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:23:31 +0200
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On 24. 7. 2026 13:20, Ivan Zhakov wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 at 18:27, Nathan Hartman 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm glad there's a good bit of housecleaning going on around here.
> > We've accumulated so much cruft over the years, it makes my
> > head spin. +1 to axe the ctypes bindings.
>
> Speaking of cleanups, another candidate comes to mind: the BDB FS 
> backend. I think now would be an appropriate time to remove it:


We can't remove it before 2.0. It doesn't matter that it's deprecated, 
it's part of the published 1.0 feature set.

-- Brane

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24. 7. 2026 13:20, Ivan Zhakov
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      <div dir="ltr">On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 at 18:27, Nathan Hartman &lt;<a
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        &gt; I'm glad there's a good bit of housecleaning going on
        around here.<br>
        &gt; We've accumulated so much cruft over the years, it makes my<br>
        &gt; head spin. +1 to axe the ctypes bindings.<br>
        <br>
        Speaking of cleanups, another candidate comes to mind: the BDB
        FS backend. I think now would be an appropriate time to remove
        it:<br>
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    We can't remove it before 2.0. It doesn't matter that it's
    deprecated, it's part of the published 1.0 feature set.<br>
    <br>
    -- Brane<br>
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