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Florian Philipp posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:12:36 +0100 as excerpted: |
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>> However, kde4 uses a database for akonadi. With older versions (thru |
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>> 4.3 at least), it was mysql by default. |
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> Same issue with Amarok. |
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Thanks for the reminder. I'd forgotten about amarok, as I got disgusted |
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with it awhile back, when they basically decided their amd64 users didn't |
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matter (the embedded mysql lib they were using was broken on amd64, and it |
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wasn't exactly an unknown break, either, they simply didn't care about |
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such users enough to stop them from making it mandatory), and switched to |
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something (mpd, with several front-ends, still less bloated than amarok) |
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far less bloated and more in tune with my needs anyway. Of course, it |
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didn't help that they'd dumped most of the features I found likable in the |
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kde3 version, only to add more bloat I found nothing but useless to the |
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kde4 version, either, but it was the utter unconcern about their kde4 amd64 |
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users, when kde3 was already no longer supported by kde itself (and was on |
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its way out for Gentoo) that was the last straw for me. |
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But yes, amarok requires mysql too, unfortunately. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |