On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 08:47:13PM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote: > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:01:11 +0200 Apollon Oikonomopoulos > <apoi...@debian.org> wrote: > > Source: mongodb > > Version: 1:3.4.15-1 > > Severity: serious > > Justification: Cannot be properly supported > > > > MongoDB should not be part of (at least) Buster for the following > > reasons: > > > > - MongoDB 3.4 will be EOL by June 2019[1], which is way too soon for it > > to be included in Buster. > > > > - MongoDB 3.6 and 4.0 will be supported longer, but upstream's switch > > to SSPLv1 complicates matters. As discussed in #915537, we will not > > be distributing any SSPL-licensed software, and keeping the last > > AGPL-licensed version (3.6.8 or 4.0.3) without the ability to > > cherry-pick upstream fixes is not a viable option. (I am currently > > not considering distributing mongodb in non-free.) > > > > I will not request removal immediately, to allow other packages time to > > adjust their dependencies, but eventually auto-removal will kick in. > > > > That said, MongoDB 3.4 will probably remain in sid for as long as it is > > AGPL-licensed and supported upstream. > > is there a future for mongodb in Debian?
I propose to now remove it from unstable, per https://www.mongodb.com/support-policy support for 3.4 ends in January 2020. Cheers, Moritz
