Hi Leo, On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 10:11, subscription1 <llsub...@zudiewiener.com> wrote:
> Given that the embedded MySql has disappeared from the latest Ubuntu > release the only other alternative to install Amarok on this (and later) > releases I can see is to > > 1. Make amarok installation dependant on a MySQL server installation > 2. Use something like Sqlite as the default > > I don't really have a solution, but I know we deliberately changed from SQLite wich was default in Amarok 1.x to MySQL embedded with the option of MySQL Server due to the bad scaling of SQLite. Many users of Amarok requested that change, some having enormous databases that were very slow to handle with SQLite. We probably have to choose the first option, but giving the users the option to use an existing MySQL server installation or creating one just for Amarok. There also is software in place (probably outdated) to use Akonadi which we waited to get usable before adopting it, something which even Kmail is still struggling with, unless Akonadi is used with PostgreSQL. Of course another option would be to change to PostgreSQL which scales quite well and might be a better solution. This looks like something we would need to ask the users TBH. Regards, Myriam PS. Unless we find a better embedded database system, of course... -- Proud member of the Amarok and KDE Community Protect your freedom and support the work of the FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org <http://www.fsfe.org/> Please don't send me proprietary file formats, use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300)