kde needs mysql-server ??

[Rex Dieter]

Rex Dieter wrote:

> 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.

OK, discussed with fellow kde-sig'ers, we'll drop the hard dependency *for
now*.  Deciding factors included:
* nothing in fedora (and kde-4.1.x) actively uses akonadi yet.
* (bonus) mysql-server is big, omitting will save us some live image space

When kdepim-4.2.0 lands, we'll re-evaluate.

-- Rex