[ubuntu-mythtv] Should we ship phpmyadmin?

Ben Dailey ben at inspiredtechs.com
Thu Sep 27 16:05:37 BST 2007


On 9/27/07, Dave Walker <DaveWalker at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 15:15 +0200, Michael Haas wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there a good reason why we aren't shipping phpmyadmin with mythbuntu?
> > It'd make it easier to modify the database.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
>
> I'm not satisfied there is a need for end-users to be playing with the
> database. I feel that shipping phpMyAdmin is supporting 'fiddling'.
> Furthermore, every other week* it seems there is a securirity floor
> found in phpMyAdmin.
>
> If the user feels it is necessary - it's not exactly hard to install.
>
> If we do decided to go with this, is there an argument for not bundling
> webmin?
>
>
> * Feels like it.
>
> Just my thoughts... :)
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Dave Walker
>
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I am in agreement with Dave Walker here if the user is savvy enough to
play with database settings of mythtv then they should be able to get
phpmyadmin installed.

Just my 2 cents,
Ben



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