kde needs mysql-server ??

[Rex Dieter]

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