Bug#969171: akonadi-server expects akonadi-backend-mysql allthough any sql backend should work

[Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>]

severity 969171 normal
thanks

Dear Eric.

Akonadi will use whatever database is set in the configuration file, by 
default on first startup MySQL if the MySQL backend has been installed at 
first startup. So if you use it with an existing home directory that has 
MySQL specified as database backend it needs the MySQL database backend 
of Akonadi to operate with the existing configuration. See the file: 
'~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc'. This can happen as easily as 
starting once with the MySQL backend installed, as Plasma starts Akonadi 
automatically in its default configuration. Then you have an empty 
MariaDB based Akonadi. If you then switch to PostgreSQL this error 
occurs.

Please ask on debian-kde and/or upstream kdepim-users mailing list for 
support. The Debian bug tracker is not for user support questions. Also 
review previous threads on this topic there. Note that on switching the 
database Akonadi will start anew and some information only stored in the 
database will be lost.

I think it is not a bug of the package. But it is definitely not severity 
grave as Akonadi is perfectly usable here in exact the same version 
(usable to the extent Akonadi works reliable, but that is an upstream 
issue). So downgrading severity to normal.

I have seen repeatedly seen that you set too high bug severity. If the 
package does not work for me does not mean that its automatically grave 
severity. Especially when it is, as I assume, a configuration error. So 
please refrain from setting grave when it isn't. It just causes 
additional work for the already overloaded Debian Qt/KDE team. If you 
are unsure please ask first in debian-kde mailing list. That is part of 
what it is there for.

Best,
-- 
Martin