Michal Čihař <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:12:24 +0200 > Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Since wordpress is not the only package depending on mysql-server, I'd >> like to ask how other developers dealt with this problem? >> >> My proposal to satisfy both use-cases was, to provide two versions of >> wordpress: >> (1) wordpress -- depends on mysql-server >> (2) wordpress-remotesql -- does not >> >> the solution was rejected by the maintainer (and the bug marked as minor >> and wontfix BTW). >> >> What is the preferred solution for this kind of problem? > > I think suggests is enough for this case. Having two packages just > because of different dependencies is overcomplicated.
An alternative would be to have a pseudo-package (or however we name it) mysql-server-remote that a local admin installs to tell dpkg that it should never install a local server. I'm not sure this is a typical use case, but the principle might be worth considering for more general use. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
