Bug#654393: an alternative

2012-01-04 Thread Julien Wajsberg
As an alternative, you could create a specific package, like php5-mysqlnd, and keep the current package linking to libmysqlclient. php5-mysqlnd would _not_ have the driver "mysql" (as opposed to "mysqli"). Then we wouldn't break existing installation When PHP 5.4 will be released, php5-mysqlnd wo

Bug#654393: an alternative

2012-01-03 Thread Julien Wajsberg
Hi, As an alternative, you could create a specific package, like php5-mysqlnd, and keep the current package linking to libmysqlclient. php5-mysqlnd would _not_ have the driver "mysql" (as opposed to "mysqli"). Then we wouldn't break existing installations but still users could install and use eas