Guys,

It has come to my attention that we're not very consistent in which
features/deps we compile into programs. The latest case I've seen is
proftpd. Proftpd doesn't include mysql/postgres support but does
include ldap/ssl.

Quite a few other packages include libmysqlclient/postgresql-libs
already so it's my opinion that they should be included. I'd venture to
say 90% of my workstations have those 2 DB libraries already, and 100%
of my servers as they all run postfix which already requires both.

Bug report to comment on as well: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18876

Do we have an official stance as to which packages are OK to include in
most things? It seems to me it's a developer by developer basis on what
gets included now.

Thoughts?


Dale

On 04/01/2010 08:47 PM, Dale Blount wrote:

Guys,

It has come to my attention that we're not very consistent in which
features/deps we compile into programs. The latest case I've seen is
proftpd. Proftpd doesn't include mysql/postgres support but does
include ldap/ssl.

Quite a few other packages include libmysqlclient/postgresql-libs
already so it's my opinion that they should be included. I'd venture to
say 90% of my workstations have those 2 DB libraries already, and 100%
of my servers as they all run postfix which already requires both.

Bug report to comment on as well: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18876

Do we have an official stance as to which packages are OK to include in
most things? It seems to me it's a developer by developer basis on what
gets included now.

Thoughts?


Dale



if you need it, then add support for it.

--
Ionut

Am Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:47:43 -0400
schrieb Dale Blount <dale@archlinux.org>:

> Do we have an official stance as to which packages are OK to include
> in most things? It seems to me it's a developer by developer basis
> on what gets included now.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Dale
>

Important features should be included. Features of less interest may
leave up for community ABS self builds.

-Amdy