On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:22:33 Roger Leigh wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:55:26PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:51:19 +0100 > > From: Sune Vuorela <deb...@pusling.com> > > Subject: Re: Bug#513382: akonadi-server: depends on mysql-server > > To: 513382-d...@bugs.debian.org > > > > No. this is how akonadi at least currently work and it is a > > design decision upstream to do it this way. > > Then, respectfully, upstream do need to have their heads examined. > > Using the mysql client libraries would be understandable, but > this is just completely objectionable. > > I don't want a trace of mysql near my system, but I would like to > use kde4. Optional mysql database bindings for the server would > be preferable so I don't even need the mysql client libraries > installed. Really.
you would prefer if they used oracle or postgresql? I really think using mysql is much better than reimplementing a fast storage that allows concurrent access. http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#Which_DBMS_does_Akonadi_use.3F > > No value in keeping this bug open. > > You might want to reconsider not pulling in the mysql server package > into the default kde install by not including akonadi-server > in the metapackage dependencies. The current requirement to run > mysql is horrible in the extreme. > > kde[4] -> kdepim -> korganizer -> akonadi-server -> mysql-server Without akonadi-server, korganizer won't work. Very soon, kmail will also require akonadi-server. Akonadi is here to stay. > Ouch! Totally not acceptable. > > > > Thanks, > Roger > > -- > .''`. Roger Leigh > > : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ > > `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ > `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- How may I reinstall the system? First from the options inside MkLinuxPPC you should never click on a system to a display to link the head. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qt-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
