[csw-maintainers] thoughts on a dependency

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Ben,

Am 19.04.2011 um 21:01 schrieb Ben Walton:
> Polling the audience here to see what others think.  I'm evaluating
> bacula for use here so I'm going to update the (really stale) version
> in our catalog.  Bacula requires mysql (or pg or sqlite) to run.  The
> old version used mysql and I see no reason to change that.  So, mysql
> is a dependency but mysql could be run on a separate host.  The old
> package didn't depend on CSWmysql.  Should the update?
> 
> I'm leaning toward no (status quo) as there is still a pile of manual
> config to do with this thing anyway.  If things could be seamlessly
> added to mysql like in debian (with their magic accounts) I'd be
> tempted to make the dependency direct...
> 
> Does anyone think otherwise?

It would be good if support for all three would be compiled in.
But yes, having no direct dependency is IMHO the best way to go here.


Best regards

  -- Dago