[Bug 1336005] [NEW] akonadi-server too dependent on MySQL and prevent percona instalation

[Raul Dias]

Public bug reported:

There are a few serious packaging problems with akonadi:

1 - akonadi-server depends on akonadi-backend-mysql.
      It can also work with postgresql and sqllite, but mysql is mandatory, it should be optional.

2 - akonadi-backend depends on either mysql-server-core-5.5 or mariadb-
server-core-5.5

2.1 - depending on a specific version of mysql is very bad.  If there is a need for a feature on 5.5, it should be something like:
mysql-server-core >= 5.5.  As 5.6 has all feature of 5.5, it still cannot be installed.
The same goes to the clients too.

2.2 - the percona-server-(server|client) should be added to the mix.
PPA: http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.5/installation/apt_repo.html

Basically the choice is either use mysql|mariadb 5.5 or no kde.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: akonadi-server 1.12.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.54-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Jun 30 16:56:55 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-12 (49 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: akonadi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: akonadi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages trusty

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