[debian-mysql] My issues with the structure of the mysql-5.5 package

[Olaf van der Spek]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Nicholas Bamber <nicholas at periapt.co.uk> wrote:
> innotop                  n/a [separate source anyway]
> replace                  n/a [would have to have separate docs directory]

That's a very generic package name. Shouldn't something less generic be used?

> mysql-common             n/a
> mysql-source-5.5         mysql-common
> mysql-testsuite-core-5.5 mysql-common
> mysql-testsuite-5.5      mysql-testsuite-core-5.5

What's the difference between core and non-core?

> mysql-testsuite          mysql-testsuite-5.5
> libmysqlclient18         mysql-common
> libmysqlclient-dev       mysql-common
> libmysqld-dev            libmysqlclient18
> libmysqld-pic            libmysqlclient18

Why do these depend on client?

> mysql-client-core-5.5    mysql-common, libmysqlclient18 (via
> libdbd-mysql-perl)
> mysql-client-5.5         mysql-client-core-5.5

What's the diff between core and non-core?


-- 
Olaf