On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 08:23 +0100, Iain Lane wrote: > Peter Arrenbrecht wrote: > > Hello > > > > The package mercurial 1.0.1-2~hardy1 suggests python-mysqldb. I cannot > > imagine why, and a quite poll on #mercurial turned up nothing. Any > > pointers? I this plain wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > -parren > > > > Hi, > > >From the changelog[0] (note that this package hasn't been modified in > Ubuntu and therefore changes are Debian's): > > [ Piotr Ożarowski ] > * New recommended packages: > + python-mysqldb (hgext/bugzilla.py)
Looks like someone at Debian is a bit unclear on our notion of 'extension' and ships it with all extensions on by default. Extensions were -created- to be off by default. If we'd wanted their functionality on all the time, they wouldn't be extensions in the first place! Some provide unsafe functionality that break Mercurial's core data integrity rules. Some provide complex new commands that make it easy for new users to shoot themselves in the foot. Others silently change Mercurial's operation in nonstandard ways. Others support bad ideas that we strongly wish to discourage (ie keywords). Others are undersupported and just plain buggy. Really, they need to be off. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
