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Bug#513382: closed by Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com> (Re: Bug#513382: akonadi-server: depends on mysql-server)



On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:19:53AM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:22:33 Roger Leigh wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 02:55:26PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:51:19 +0100
> > > From: Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Bug#513382: akonadi-server: depends on mysql-server
> > > To: 513382-done@bugs.debian.org
> > >
> > > No. this is how akonadi at least currently work and it is a
> > > design decision upstream to do it this way.
> >
> > Then, respectfully, upstream do need to have their heads examined.
> >
> > Using the mysql client libraries would be understandable, but
> > this is just completely objectionable.
> >
> > I don't want a trace of mysql near my system, but I would like to
> > use kde4.  Optional mysql database bindings for the server would
> > be preferable so I don't even need the mysql client libraries
> > installed.  Really.
> 
> you would prefer if they used oracle or postgresql?
> I really think using mysql is much better than reimplementing a fast storage 
> that allows concurrent access.

Depending on /any/ database *server* is not acceptable.  It should
be using the *client interface* like every other program out there.
This means either the client program, client library, or some other
database abstraction library are used to connect to the server.

If it wants to embed a server, then sqlite exists for just this
purpose.

Directly running an entire database server instance for a single
client is *wrong*, bloated and broken design.  And I'm forced to
run a system mysql instance unless I take special steps to
disable it, with all the security issues that implies.  No thanks.

> > kde[4] -> kdepim -> korganizer -> akonadi-server -> mysql-server
> 
> Without akonadi-server, korganizer won't work.
> Very soon, kmail will also require akonadi-server.
> Akonadi is here to stay.

Then these packages must be removed from the appropriate kde
metapackages until they are fixed.

Installing mysql is *simply not acceptable*.

This might be something the Technical Committee could look at;
I won't find anything other than the removal of this dependency
acceptable.


Regards,
Roger

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