[Fwd: Re: LSARC/2007/299 Berkeley_Database_4.5.20 - fast track restarted]

[Danek Duvall]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:58:37PM -0800, Karen Langford wrote:

> My apologies if folk get this email twice.
> 
> >>    Due to a number of customers running legacy systems on BDB 4.2 and 
> >> not willing to upgrade to BDB 4.5, we need to deliver both versions. 
> >
> > Are the two versions incompatible in either their API's or database 
> > formats?
> No, just the log file formats have changed.

What are log files in this case?

If there are no incompatibilities between the two versions, then why are
both required on the system at the same time?  If it's simply that known
consumers don't trust you and are scared that it won't work, I don't think
it's a great idea to acquiesce.  If there actually are incompatibilities
then I can see the need.

Danek