kde needs mysql-server ??
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Oct 22 17:05:34 UTC 2008
Christopher Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>> Enrico Scholz wrote:
>> > Do you mean:
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#Can_Akonadi_use_a_normal_MySQL_server_running_on_my_system.3F
>> > ? --> akonadi doees not need a local mysql-server but can use a mysql
>> > server running somewhere else.
>>
>> Theoretically, yes. The default config is to use a local one, however.
> mysql-server should not be a requirement then. If it is possible to run
> the server on another machine, then the mysql-server should be removed
> from the Requires.
And make default config not work? It's a balancing act, where there is no
100% correct solution, I'm afraid.
Soft dependencies, could theoretically help in cases like this too.
-- Rex
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