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* Other developers:  
* Other developers: adapt their packages not to depend on mongodb (see Detailed Description)
** [[User:bcotton| bcotton]] (condor)
** [[User:bowlofeggs| bowlofeggs]] (python-pymongo)
** [[User:fpokorny| fpokorny]] (golang-github-go-mgo-mgo)
** [[User:ppisar| ppisar]] (perl-MongoDB)
** [[User:remi| remi]] (php-alcaeus-mongo-php-adapter, php-mongodb)
** [[User:tdawson| tdawson]] (rubygem-mongo, rubygem-mongoid)
** [[User:orphan| orphan]] (pulp)
** [[User:andreamanzi| andreamanzi]] (python-beaker)
**[[User:timn| timn]] (fawkes, fawkes-devenv)
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Packagers are expected to remove any functionality depending on MongoDB package. Disabling tests should be sufficient for most.


* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues #Releng issue number] (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed) <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE AS WELL AS FOR SELF CONTAINED CHANGES -->
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Revision as of 11:23, 11 February 2019

Summary

Fedora has determined that the Server Side Public Licensev1 (SSPL) is not a Free Software License. Therefore, we need to drop MongoDB from Fedora or never update it again. Never updating it would bring security issues, hence we decided to remove it.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 30
  • Last updated: 2019-02-11
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

All mongodb packages need to be dropped, as well as mongodb container and modules.

  • Full list of packages to drop
    • mongodb
    • mongodb-server
    • mongodb-test
  • Full list of packages to adapt
    • golang-github-go-mgo-mgo
    • fawkes
    • fawkes-devenv
    • mongo-c-driver
    • mongo-cxx-driver
    • mongo-tools
    • mongodb-test (self)
    • perl-MongoDB
    • python-beaker
    • rubygem-database_cleaner
    • rubygem-mongo
    • rubygem-mongoid


Benefit to Fedora

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
  • Other developers: adapt their packages not to depend on mongodb (see Detailed Description)
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
  • Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes

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