Bug#379561: wordpress requires mysql-server but don't depends on it

2006-07-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
Package: wordpress Severity: serious 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. Since wordpress will not work unless

Bug#379561: wordpress requires mysql-server but don't depends on it

2006-07-24 Thread Steve Langasek
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

Bug#379561: wordpress requires mysql-server but don't depends on it

2006-07-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
PS: A clean solution could be to provide two versions of wordpress: (1) wordpress: standard, depends on mysql-server (2) wordpress-remotesql: does not This way the average user can purge wordpress after a few weeks without having to remenber to delete the mysql-server as well... Cheers,

Bug#379561: wordpress requires mysql-server but don't depends on it

2006-07-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
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

Bug#379561: wordpress requires mysql-server but don't depends on it

2006-07-24 Thread Kai Hendry
On 2006-07-25T00:11+0200 Bastian Venthur wrote: (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? I agree that remote mysql configuration isn't