Pat,
While I appreciate upstream's concern, having MySQL *installed on the same machine* is not a requirement for it to run. This seems to me to be a case for "Recommends" rather than "Depends"
Right, I'm not an expert on mysql but I understand that much.What actually happens if you try to run cqrlog on a machine which has the mysql client installed but not the server?
When cqrlog starts it opens a dialog asking which callsign/database you want to use with the tickbox checked for "save log data to local machine". So by default it's going to try to use a local server.
If a sensible error message is produced then that would be okay, but if it's something obscure or the program just exits or crashes then that would be a problem.
Maybe the program should ask the client somehow about a local server and if one is not available then it should present the dialog with the check-box unticked, which makes the dialog open with the boxes for server name and port visible.
Colin PS did you see my query about acfax? -- Colin Tuckley | +44(0)1223 830814 | PGP/GnuPG Key Id Debian Developer | +44(0)7799 143369 | 0x38C9D903 Oxymoron: Real Magic.