Hi Jim, On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 01:03:04PM -0400, Jim Tarvid wrote: > On 8/14/07, Mathias Gug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) the default drupal install depends on mysql-server running on localhost > > What would you expect ? A choice of database (mysql or postgresql) ? > > IIRC Drupal needs a database to run. > > > I am content with MySQL as the default database server. Those who > prefer postgresql are probably up to the task of switching which is > substantial. You mentioned that this was a major gotcha. I was wondering why ?
> > > 1) the user must visit http://server_ip/drupal5/install.php to > > > complete the database initialization > > > 2) the user must visit http://server_ip/drupal5 to complete drupal > > > installation > > Could these be moved to the postinst script of the drupal package ? Does > > it require any input from the user ? > > > 1) builds the data base assuming mysql-server is installed on local > host and requires no input > Do you still need to enter the username, password and database ? > 2) requires user input and is a good short introduction to Drupal > What kind of input is required ? > > Which apache2 module should be used instead ? Could this be corrected in > > the dependency of the package ? > > > The default prefork works fine. apache2-mpm-itk is fascinating but a > project in its own right somewhat in the class of lighttpd. So the dependency in the drupal package could be updated. -- Mathias -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
