Apache2 in default Ubuntu install

[Louis Simard]

At 2010-08-13 08:39 GMT, Joshua Timberman <joshua at opscode.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Aug 13, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Micah Gersten wrote:
>
>> Because sensible defaults are necessary.  You get your choice of Apache
>> or something else.  If you selected another httpd on install and php5
>> dragged in apache, that might qualify as a bug.  If you selected
>> nothing, well you get the sensible default which is Apache.
>
>
> Why not have the depends something like:
>
> Depends: ... apache2 | lighthttpd | nginx | otherhttpserverphpworkswith ...
>
> So that if one of the others is installed, php5 doesn't try to install apache2?
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Or, perhaps more future-proof, have php5-cgi "Depend" on a new virtual
package called http-server or something, and make
apache/nginx/lighttpd/... "Provide" http-server.

However, I don't know how one would go about making the php5-cgi
package install the proper library (like libapache2-mod-php5) for the
specific httpd that's actually installed, upon installing php5-cgi
itself... except via Suggests/Recommends + the user opting to install
the proper one afterwards :)