Bug 7405 - excessive database dependencies
Summary: excessive database dependencies
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Oliver Burger
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Reported: 2012-09-08 22:04 CEST by Guillaume Rousse
Modified: 2012-10-05 08:54 CEST (History)
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Description Guillaume Rousse 2012-09-08 22:04:13 CEST 
No application should have a dependency againt a database server, because the server may be installed on another host. The drupal-mysql and drupal-postgresql packages should not enforce dependencies against mysql or postgresql.

Also, shipping 3 subpackages just to install a suitable database driver seems overkill. Similar applications usually just add a note in the README.urpmi file.
Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-09 15:20:09 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => oliver.bgr

Comment 1 Oliver Burger 2012-10-05 08:54:14 CEST 
Removed the dependancies for the database servers themselves, but kept the sub packages requiring the php-pdo_foo packages as drupal won't work without them.

If you really don't like those sub packages, you are free to maintain drupal yourself and do whatever you want.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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