[tor-bugs] #33288 [Applications/Quality Assurance and Testing]: forrestii/fpcentral still has stretch packages (mongodb)

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#33288: forrestii/fpcentral still has stretch packages (mongodb)
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     Reporter:  anarcat                          |      Owner:  cypherpunks
         Type:  defect                           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                             |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Quality Assurance   |    Version:
  and Testing                                    |
     Severity:  Major                            |   Keywords:
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 fpcentral requires mongodb to operate, but that package was removed from
 Debian stable in february 2019, mainly [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
 bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916107 because of license problems]. to quote
 wikipedia:

 > MongoDB has been dropped from the Debian, Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise
 Linux distributions due to the licensing change. Fedora determined that
 the SSPL version 1 is not a free software license because it is
 "intentionally crafted to be aggressively discriminatory" towards
 commercial users.

 (there is also an [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
 bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=934783 unpatched security issue] against mongodb, by
 the way...)

 we can't maintain this service like that in the long term. stretch will
 stop being supported this summer and mongodb isn't supported in its free
 form.

 what's the plan for replacing mongodb?

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