[Bug 1595405] Re: Akonadi depends on mysql but may be used with other backends

[Philip Muškovac]

Hi, thank you for taking your time to report this bug and helping to
make Ubuntu better.

MySQL is a hard, non-removable dependency for akonadi because akonadi does not have a runtime backend detection mechanism. So if for whatever reason the mysql backend would not be installed by default or be replaced with a different backend, akonadi will show an error message saying that the MySQL backend is not functional. A common user is given no hint what is actually wrong, and most don't even know what MySQL even is.
If you prefer to use a different akonadi backend, feel free to install one, but the core mysql packages cannot be removed to guarantee that akonadi will work fine in its default configuration.

** Changed in: akonadi (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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