Steve Langasek wrote: > severity 379561 normal > thanks > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:58:54AM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: > >> Wordpress needs a mysqls-server on the system but does not depend on it. >> On a system with no mysql-server pre-installed, a fresh wordpress >> installation will simply not work until you install mysql-server for >> yourself. > > Or until you point your wordpress instance at the remote mysql server that > you already have installed. > > Hence, this is a typical dependency on a network service, which is *not* the > customary use of the Depends: field, and there is no policy violation here.
Ok did not think of a remote mysql-server -- your point. But please let's be realistic. (1) How many percent of cases use a remote server instead of a local one? My guess: less than 5% -- should we care of the minority or should we provide reasonable defaults for the majority of users? (2) Is the current behavior really user-friendly? Most users expect Debian to install everything what's needed to run a package. I have not seen an error message, warning or something which points me to a missing sql-server. (Not even when running the mysql-helper script in /u/s/d/wordpress/expamples) This is not acceptable. [(3) Does wordpress really work with a remote sql-server? E.g., have you tested it?] I think it's not acceptable to support strange use-cases over the average one. Wordpress explicitly depends on a mysql-server so wordpress should depend on it. Experienced users using a remote sql-server should know how to deal with this issue. Cheers, Bastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
