Bug#599422: akonadi-server: akonadi depends on mysql, but can also support postgresql instead

[Sune Vuorela <sune@debian.org>]

On Thursday 07 October 2010 16:11:20 David Goodenough wrote:
> Package: akonadi-server
> Version: 1.3.1-3+b1
> Severity: important
> 
> As currently packaged akonadi-server requires mysql, but the code requires
> either mysql or postgresql (up to 8.4 in the current version).  The
> dependencies should be changed to allow either DB and the install script
> should check which is installed and configure for the installed one (if
> only one) and ask which if both installed.
> 
> This is important because there is currently no mechanism within akonadi to
> migrate later.  You can change the config files and start afresh, but you
> can not move data from one DB type to another (the backup/restore are
> implemented using DB specific code).

Hi

Akonadi can only currently autoconfigure mysql. Postgresql doesn't support the 
autoconfiguration that akonadi requires (basically, a custom configuration 
file and custom data dir)

Postgresql in akonadi is still so much of a poweruser thing, that if you can 
figure out to make akonadi use postgresql, you can also figure out how to get 
rid of the mysql executable. (the mysql executable doesn't hurt that much to 
have installed)

It cannot be centrally configured (thru debconf or similar) as this is user 
settings and not system settings.

I think I will be tagging this wontfix, at least for the short term.

/Sune
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