severity 703249 wishlist tags 703249 + wontfix thanks On 17.03.2013 17:39, Konrad Vrba wrote: > Problem: I would like to kindly suggest, that rsyslog-mysql should not > depend on dbconfig-common (it can be recommended, but not required) > > Reason: rsyslog-mysql is used to log into mysql database, which in > most cases is on a remote machine (one server, many clients). > dbconfig-common tries to set up mysql database automatically, but on a > local client. I have two objections to this: > 1) dbconfig-common does not do any useful work (the database already > exists on the server), and therefore should not be required to be > installed. It only confuses things. > 2) being interactive, dbconfig-common breaks automated upgrade > scripts (DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q -y upgrade), by > waiting for user input > > Summary: I believe, packages should not be installed thoughtlessly. > Only packages that are really needed should be installed, as more > packages means more possible (security) bugs and dependency problems. > Additionally in case of dbconfig-common, this is a huge package (I > have counted 249 files !!!) which cannot be removed even after its > (supposed) job has been done. I feel strongly that debian users should > have as much freedom as possible to choose which packages they wish to > install.
I don't find your arguments convincing. dbconfig-common is *not* a huge package, it's just about 1MB of installed size without further dependencies. Second, dbconfig-common can be used to configure rsyslog for remote mysql servers. Third, I don't think a remote mysql servier is the common case. Fourth, you can skip dbconfig-common altogether if you don't like it and setup rsyslog-mysql manually. Thus marking the bug as wishlist and wontfix as with the arguments provided so far I don't see a reason to change it. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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