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Re: Intent to split mysql package



Scott Hanson wrote:
> mysql-server 
> mysql-client (including libmysqlclient.so) 
> mysql-dev (header files and libraries)
> mysql-bench
> mysql-doc
> 
> (The upstream source also includes perl libraries, but I'd rather
> package these from CPAN.)

Good!

> This will allow one to do client-only or server-only installations. In

This makes perfect sense. I currently am running the donations page on
buoy.com as a client, and the main database is just a server install
on another machine.

> addition, the mysql package is somewhat cumbersome as a whole, and the
> new upstream version is even worse, with added tests, benchmarks,
> crash-me scripts, etc.

Heh.. yeah, but it's the only one out there with all that included!

Tim

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