mysql is now a critpath package? WTF?

[Michael Cronenworth]

Brendan Jones wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 07:32 PM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>>
>> Sorry Tom, didn't foresee all the implications when we flipped f16's
>> default
>> akonadi backend sqlite ->  mysql late(ish) in the cycle.
>>
>> I'm of a mind to revisit this (again).
>>
>> -- rex
>>
> Just my 2c, I'm also of the opinion something lighter than mysql is more
> appropriate for the desktop.

Why does this sound so familiar? I want to say I remember many e-mails 
to devel/users about problems with akonadi and MySQL a year or so ago 
and requests for KDE to switch to something lighter.