Le lundi 11 février 2019 à 09:14:55-0500, Antoine Beaupré a écrit : > On 2019-02-11 09:01:22, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Le 11 février 2019 00:10:55 GMT+01:00, "Antoine Beaupré" > > <anar...@debian.org> a écrit : > >>On 2019-02-10 01:11:35, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > >>> Le vendredi 01 février 2019 à 21:05:38-0500, Antoine Beaupré a > >>écrit : > >>>> I just read the README.Debian file and it says the mariadb version > >>in > >>>> stretch might conflict with the mailman3-web version. > >>>> > >>>> If that's really the case, might I suggest the backport be fixed to > >>warn > >>>> explicitely about this somehow? maybe conflict with that mariadb > >>>> version? > >>> > >>> Please review and comment > >>> > >>https://salsa.debian.org/mailman-team/mailman-suite/commit/1dc0dcf43e763b4b78e808877d65a8dbb6119170 > >>> > >>> I'll upload in a couple of days. :) > >> > >>That's a great start! > >> > >>Couldn't we check if mariadb is actually installed or configured > >>somehow > >>instead of just always prompting? > >> > >>But if that's too much work, it's better than nothing for sure. > >> > >>THanks! :) > >> > >>A. > > > > The risk is that if the user plans to use an external DB you won't warn him. > > Right, the only way this could be properly implemented would be if > debconf would attempt to connect with the configured DB credentials to > check the remote server version (or, better, to test the actuall code > bugginess). > > That's probably overkill though.
ISTM that it is. But if you wish to go to such extents I'd be glad to include a patch! (no time to dev it though) Chaars, -- Pierre-Elliott Bécue GPG: 9AE0 4D98 6400 E3B6 7528 F493 0D44 2664 1949 74E2 It's far easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
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