[Pkg-giraffe-discuss] zarafa-7.2.1 RC1 released

[Guido Günther]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:44:31AM +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> > Recommends
> > ==========
> > * We currently only suggest a database server so it doesn't get pulled in
> >   when doing a "apt-get install zarafa-server"
> >   I think we should recommend mariadb-server so the user gets a working
> >   installation. If he doesn't want it he an always install without it or
> >   move it to a different server later. If there's agreement I'll fix this
> >   in git.
> 
> As from the point we don't really now what the future will bring for
> MySQL packages I would like to suggest or as you wrote recommend mariadb
> packages.
> Right now the mariadb-server lacks a debconf setup for creating the root
> user like the mysql-server does! I opened up a bug because of this. But
> the reaction of Otto wasn't there helpful until yet. The user has
> currently first setup a root user for mariadb-server before continuing
> installing Zarafa. So we should the user give a advice while
> installation of the zarafa package. Currently I haven't a good idea how
> to do so. Maybe with debconf ...

I've added a suggests for mariadb-server | mysql-server. The root user
is o.k. in both packags and automatic configuration with dbconfig-common
works as expected.
Cheers,
 -- Guido