mysql is now a critpath package? WTF?

[Kevin Kofler]

Tom Lane wrote:
> I'd recommend it.  mysql is kind of a heavyweight requirement to have
> underneath a desktop component: it raises the ante in terms of what has
> to be installed and running, and in terms of required sysadmin-ish
> know-how.  (Does the average user have a clue how to configure mysql
> securely, or even realize that it's not very secure out-of-the-box?
> If there are multiple users on the machine, what about information
> leakage via access to other users' tables?)

Akonadi ships its own default MySQL configuration, which is per user. It 
does not use or require the systemwide instance (by default; it can be 
configured to connect to a systemwide or even remote MySQL server, but the 
default is a local per-user instance). There's no administration required at 
all, Akonadi fires up everything automatically.

        Kevin Kofler