On 04/01/2010 08:47 PM, Dale Blount wrote:

Guys,

It has come to my attention that we're not very consistent in which features/deps we compile into programs. The latest case I've seen is proftpd. Proftpd doesn't include mysql/postgres support but does include ldap/ssl.

Quite a few other packages include libmysqlclient/postgresql-libs already so it's my opinion that they should be included. I'd venture to say 90% of my workstations have those 2 DB libraries already, and 100% of my servers as they all run postfix which already requires both.

Bug report to comment on as well: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18876

Do we have an official stance as to which packages are OK to include in most things? It seems to me it's a developer by developer basis on what gets included now.

Thoughts?

Dale

if you need it, then add support for it. -- Ionut