Am 30.10.2012 01:58, schrieb Adam Williamson: > On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 01:20 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> Well, we could also take the approach we take with MTAs; have a set of >>> generic virtual Provides for MySQL-alikes and have all the MySQL-alikes >>> we package Provide these, as well as Providing their own specific name, >>> and conflict with each other. Just like postfix, qmail and sendmail all >>> Provide: smtpd and conflict with each other. >> >> you can not compare a more or less standalone MTA with a package >> like mysql-libs where endless packages linked against! > > I didn't compare anything. I suggested that the _mechanism_ we use in > that case may also be appropriate in that case _if_ the circumstances > merited it. I explicitly stated that I didn't know whether the > circumstances actually do make it a sensible choice. I just floated the > possibility. > > I do wish you'd read with a bit more subtlety sometimes, Harald don't get me wrong but where is subtlety necessary here? * mysql-libs is a widely used and linked library * postfix/sendmail/exim is a binary with alternative symlinks different worlds different implications
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