On Tuesday 07 April 2009 09:26:59 Roger Leigh wrote: > > you would prefer if they used oracle or postgresql? > > I really think using mysql is much better than reimplementing a fast > > storage that allows concurrent access. > > Depending on /any/ database *server* is not acceptable. It should > be using the *client interface* like every other program out there. > This means either the client program, client library, or some other > database abstraction library are used to connect to the server.
It uses the client interface like any other program out there to a *local* database. Currently, only mysql is supported. > If it wants to embed a server, then sqlite exists for just this > purpose. Then please fix sqlite to be fast and deadlock free when accessed from multiple processes and threads. > Directly running an entire database server instance for a single > client is *wrong*, bloated and broken design. And I'm forced to > run a system mysql instance unless I take special steps to > disable it, with all the security issues that implies. No thanks. I have several times approached mysql maintainers to make it possible to create a version that does not start a system daemon as well. Akonadi starts its own instance as user. > > > kde[4] -> kdepim -> korganizer -> akonadi-server -> mysql-server > > > > Without akonadi-server, korganizer won't work. > > Very soon, kmail will also require akonadi-server. > > Akonadi is here to stay. > > Then these packages must be removed from the appropriate kde > metapackages until they are fixed. Nothing here is broken, so nothing to fix. > Installing mysql is *simply not acceptable*. > > This might be something the Technical Committee could look at; > I won't find anything other than the removal of this dependency > acceptable. Oh well. Just take it to tech-ctte then. As said, Akonadi uses mysql-server and akonadi is here to stay. /Sune -- Genius, I cannot boot the mailer, how does it work? First of all from X-Windows you neither should debug a AGP system, nor should doubleclick the sendmail to overclock the URL of a 47X driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org