[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#770072: Bug#770072: openstack-cloud-services: Please consider depending on postgresql as an alternative to mysql

[Thomas Goirand]

On 11/19/2014 08:21 AM, Tim Wootton wrote:
> On 19/11/14 00:08, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> On 11/19/2014 01:12 AM, Tim Wootton wrote:
>>> Package: openstack-cloud-services
>>> Severity: wishlist
>>>
>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>
>>> Please consider depending on postgresql as an alternative to mysql.
>>
>> As much as I know Postgresql is a nice DB, this isn't what is largely
>> tested upstream for OpenStack
> upstream seems to claim full postgresql support.
> http://docs.openstack.org/security-guide/content/database-backend-considerations.html
> 
> 
> also this is "chicken and egg", it would get better testing if more
> people used it.

OpenStack testing doesn't happen because users test it. It happens
because there's test suites in place with "the gate", which does lots of
checks on each git commits.

> More people would use it if it was available as a
> package option.
> 
> I'm not suggesting replacing the mysql dependency, rather allow either.

The goal of the meta packages isn't to provide choice. Quite the
opposite: it's to give guidance to the users, to have a working system.
But that meta package is completely optional. Feel free to not use it
and select the things you install by yourself.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)