mysql is now a critpath package? WTF?

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> wrote:
> Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us> writes:
>> El Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:16:34 -0500
>> Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> escribió:
>>> So I submitted a routine bodhi request for updating mysql, and was
>>> astonished to find that it's marked as critpath.  It was never that
>>> before.  Who decided this, and would it not have been polite to
>>> involve or at least notify the package maintainer?
>
>> its an automated process. something in the package set that defines the
>> critical path has added a dep on mysql so its been added. at least
>> thats my guess as to whats happened.
>
> That answer doesn't make me any happier.  I've got a problem with being
> saddled with an extra layer of bureaucracy without any say-so on my
> part, and I'm also quite nervous about the idea of something that is
> genuinely critpath depending on something as rickety as mysql.

Your not the only one with the problem. Its not that bad.

> How would I find out exactly where the dep came from, so I can have
> a word with that package's maintainer?

Peter