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On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 02:50:43AM +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> Two things I'm always wondering about when this topic comes up: |
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> - is there really a need for USE=client? In most cases people request |
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> to exclude the server part, can't remember ever seeing a request to |
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> exclude the client. |
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I can't find the bug right now, but this did pop up where the client was |
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a GUI app, and they wanted to get away from needing all the dependencies |
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it pulled in that way. |
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> - assuming we ignore the USE=client thing, how many things actually |
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> depend on the server part of say mysql or openldap? |
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For MySQL, I just did a quick survey of the tree, and my personal |
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(private) overlay of testing things. There are 2 packages in the main |
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tree that need a mysql server: dev-db/mytop/mytop, |
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app-admin/eselect-mysql |
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I have another two in my overlay, one of which might not make it to the |
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tree (discussions with upstream about issues the app has) - both of them |
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deal with special stuff to back up a MySQL database with minimal |
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downtime. |
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Also, this will definetly come up more in future, with the new pluggable |
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stuff that MySQL is doing upstream - giving it the ability to add more |
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functionality to the server that is shipped separately (stuff like new |
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data processing functions, new storage engines and more). |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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