mantis requires php5-mysql

[Kwok Ho Yin]

Binary package hint: mantis

I found that firefox will show nothing (URL = "http://localhost/mantis/") if php5-mysql package is not installed.

Therefore, please change "php5-mysql" from "Recommends" to "Depends"

[Olivier Berger (olivierberger)]

I believe it's possible to wish to configure it for using Postgres (or any other packaged RDBMS), hence the recommends and not a depends.

MySQL is not the only option.

That's a very common packaging case, for web apps depending from a web server or a RDBMS, AFAICT.

I'd say there's no bug here.

Hope this helps.

[Kwok Ho Yin (hykwok1)]

How about change it to "Suggest" list?
I found that "php5-cli" and "mysql-server" packages are in the "Suggest" list.

[Olivier Berger (olivierberger)]

What do you suggest exactly in #2 ? AFAIU, recommends is "stronger" than suggests, so... everything is fine ATM :
* suggests mysql-server a one may not run the RDBMS on the same machine, but that's an option (hence only suggests and not recommends)
* recommends php5-mysql, as even with a remote mysql server, you'd need the client libs locally... but still not a dependency as you may choose postgres for instance.
* php-cli... well, most people probably run php with mod-php library for apache, but some may prefer some CGI-like like if installing in a weird apache config (for SOAP for instance, etc.)

Hope this helps.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

The current package in precise Recommends: php5-mysql, mysql-client and Recommends are installed by default.