On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:42:55PM +0200, Stefan Fritsch wrote: > On Friday 10 July 2009, Josh Triplett wrote: > > apache2.2-bin has these in its Depends: > > > > libaprutil1-dbd-mysql | libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 | > > libaprutil1-dbd-odbc | libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql | > > libaprutil1-dbd-freetds libaprutil1-ldap > > > > These both increase the number of packages pulled in by > > gnome-user-share and thus gnome-desktop-environment. > > > > - Does apache2.2-bin actually depend on having a dbd module > > installed? Or does this appear for the benefit of some optional > > apache module? If the latter, would you consider moving the > > packages to Recommends? > > Apache itself runs without these libs but the modules (mod_*dbd, > mod_*ldap) that use them are included in the apache2.2-bin package. I > think it is reasonable to have them in Depends. Also, the dependencies > are not included manually but are generated by the symbol file of > libaprutil1 for those packages that use the relevant functions. I > don't want to change that.
Hmmm. Splitting out those modules would address that, but I don't know if you want to make that kind of change to the Apache packaging. > > - Why default to the mysql module in particular? > > The mysql module is the one that is used the most, but I guess this > could be changed to the sqlite module in order to reduce the size of > the default dependencies. That seems like a good idea, if you wouldn't mind. Although, if you have to install the libaprutil1-dbd-* library for the database you want to use *anyway*, it doesn't seem helpful to have a Depends that only ensures you have *some* libaprutil1-dbd-* library. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
