MySQL user install possible?

[Christopher Stone]

On 5/31/06, Roozbeh Pournader <roozbeh at farsiweb.info> wrote:
> روز سهشنبه، 2006-05-30 ساعت 22:14 -0700، Christopher Stone نوشت:
> > I have a package that requires a MySQL user and database be set up in
> > order for the package to function properly.
> >
> > Ideally I would like to do this during the install if possible.  What
> > is the best way to handle this problem?  Is it possible to handle this
> > within a spec file or must it be done manually by the user installing
> > the software?
>
> Does the software strictly *require* the MySQL server to be on the same
> machine? If not (which is the most probable case), please do not do
> anything about it. Just add a README.fedora or INSTALL.fedora file and
> explain what should the user do after installing the RPM.

I don't like this solution.  Adding a readme file to tell people how
to properly install the thing is primitive.

How come Fedora doesn't have anything like debian's dbconfig?
http://people.debian.org/~seanius/policy/dbconfig-common.html/