* Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-25 10:12]: > I recently stumbled upon a bug (#379561) in wordpress. Wordpress depends > on a mysql-server installed in order to run, but the Debian package > wordpress does not. > > I filled a bugreport and the answer was that some users might want to > connect wordpress to a remote mysql-server so the local mysql-server is > not really needed. Although I really doubt that this is the standard > use-case for the vast majority of our users and we should support this > by default, I understand the problem. > > On the other side, not depending on mysql-server leaves the user with a > not working installation of wordpress. Furthermore after the user > eventually fixed the problem by installing mysql-server it leaves the > problem that the mysql-server is not automatically removed on removal of > wordpress. > > Since wordpress is not the only package depending on mysql-server, I'd > like to ask how other developers dealt with this problem? > > My proposal to satisfy both use-cases was, to provide two versions of > wordpress: > (1) wordpress -- depends on mysql-server > (2) wordpress-remotesql -- does not > > the solution was rejected by the maintainer (and the bug marked as minor > and wontfix BTW). > > What is the preferred solution for this kind of problem?
Wordpress already suggests virtual-mysql-server which is imo sufficient. There might be arguments to raise this to recommends however I don't see the need for 2 packages. It might make sense to mention the mysql server requirement in README.Debian. yours Martin -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---- Debian GNU/Linux - The Universal Operating System <fabbione> I AM ON TV AGAIN!!!!! <fabbione> I AM SUPER FICHISSIMO! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
