Bug#595652: please clarify how packages configuring a db should behave if no db is available

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Holger Levsen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> any news on how to solve this issue?
>
> Anything I could do?

Sure.  Could you give a summary of the discussion, what options we
should be choosing among in clarifying or changing policy, and the
advantages or disadvantages of each option?

Thanks much for your work on this so far,
Jonathan