[Bug 268773] [NEW] nanourl "unnaturally" depends on Apache

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Binary package hint: nanourl

nanourl's dependencies are:

  Package: nanourl
  ...
  Depends: apache | apache2 | apache-ssl, php5 | php4, php5-mysql | php4-mysql, mysql-client

This appears because nano.postinst wants to add Apache rewrite rules to
the Apache configuration to support it.

Given nanourl is at its essence a couple of PHP scripts (which in its
source distribution has nothing to do with Apache), explicitly depending
on Apache seems wrong given the number of alternative/lightweight HTTP
servers that are currently available.

If not for the assumption of Apache as a dependency, this package could
be utilized by a number of web servers, and simply be satisfied by a PHP
and php-mysql dependency.

I acknowledge that because it's just a couple of PHP files, I can just
download them and install manually myself; that's indeed what I'll do.
The purpose of opening this bug is to quarrel with the built-in
assumption that Apache is the only web server that it should run on.

** Affects: nanourl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Incomplete

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nanourl "unnaturally" depends on Apache
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/268773
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