Excerpts from Paul Gevers's message of 2015-12-06 11:48:41 -0800: > Hi Clint, > > On 06-12-15 18:22, Clint Byrum wrote: > > I've never been very happy with > > dbconfig-common because it kind of assumes databases are on the same > > server as apps, which is increasingly not the case with smaller server > > instances running in VMs, on the cloud and in containers. > > I am totally flabbergasted. dbconfig-common goes through a lot of hoops > just to make sure this is not true. Sure, the *default* questions and > answers are geared towards local database servers. But by either > (re-)configuring dbconfig-common to raise the priority level of remote > questions by default, or by raising the priority level during package > configuring will get you the questions needed to configure your remote > database. (Of course we can discuss what the proper priorities are but I > really hope no DD will think (anymore) that dbconfig-common assumes > local databases.) > > And yes, there is still bug 700895ยน (improve dbadmin-less database > configuration workflow).
As I said, "kind of assumes [local]". I understand there are ways to make it behave as well as possible. However, I, nor any of my peers who deploy, things bigger than one server on a regular basis, want the package manager to do anything this deep for me. We mostly want it to get out of our way. I also understand that there are plenty of DD's who do want these types of things done for them. I applaud our diversity of opinions, and so will not push further than expressing my own position.
