On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Andreas M. Kirchwitz <amk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Haney <mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > And yes akonadi does require MySWL, but KDE 4.2 does NOT require > > akonadi. So my point is still very valid. > > In Fedora 10, akonadi cannot be un-installed without removing KDE. > And KDE cannot be updated to version 4.2 without updating akonadi > as well. In the end, KDE 4.2 requires MySQL (server) to be installed. > > Yes, you may run KDE without akonadi, and akonadi may use remote > databases, but Fedora 10 insists on installing MySQL server packages > if you want to have KDE 4.2. And by default, akonadi uses a local > MySQL instance. That's weird for a desktop workstation, and it's the > wrong way to use a database like MySQL. Are all KDE core developers > aware of this new dependency, and are they all happy about it? > > However, I accept the fact that KDE 4.2 now depends on MySQL, and > installing a different Linux distribution after all these years > won't help because sooner or later all other Linux distributions > will have the same dependencies which come from akonadi (and > without akonadi, you cannot install KDE). So, until GNOME people > start their local MySQL instances as well, the only option is to > remove KDE from the system. > > It's okay. Fedora has always been more GNOME-ish than KDE-ish, > so it's not such a big loss. I'm not using KDE as my default > desktop environment, but I liked some KDE apps. Will search for > alternatives. > > Don't worry ... Andreas By your comment one would think that installing mysql-server brings some great evil with it. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
