kde needs mysql-server ??

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 10/22/2008 11:10 PM, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
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>> Christopher Stone wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
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>>>> Enrico Scholz wrote:
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>>>>> Do you mean:
>>>>>           
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> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#Can_Akonadi_use_a_normal_MySQL_server_running_on_my_system.3F
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>>>>> ?  --> akonadi doees not need a local mysql-server but can use a mysql
>>>>> server running somewhere else.
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>>>> Theoretically, yes.  The default config is to use a local one, however.
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>>> 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.
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>
> OK, discussed with fellow kde-sig'ers, we'll drop the hard dependency *for
> now*.  
thanks

> Deciding factors included:
> * [...]
> * (bonus) mysql-server is big,
THAT is the reason for my initial question