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On  2013/07/13, Stephen Gran a wrote :

> On 15/07/13 10:46, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>
>> On 07/15/2013 04:32 PM, Stephen Gran wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/07/13 09:26, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dolph,
>>>>
>>>> If you do that, then you will be breaking Debian packages, as they
>>>> expect Sqlite as the default, for example when using
>>>> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install keystone (if you choose
>>>> MySQL, then you need to enter admin credentials to setup the db). I will
>>>> receive tons of piupart failures reports if we can't upgrade with
>>>> SQLite.
>>>>
>>>> I would really be disappointed if this happens, and get into situations
>>>> where I have RC bugs which I can't realistically close by myself.
>>>>
>>>> So really, if it is possible, continue to support it, at least from one
>>>> release to the next.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why not just change the default for Debian?  Sqlite isn't particularly
>>> useful for actual deployments anyway.
>>>
>>
>> Because that is the only backend that will work without providing
>> credentials on the keyboard, so it is the only one that will work in a
>> non-interactive session of apt-get (which is used for all automated
>> tests in Debian, including piuparts).
>>
>
> It strikes me that making the least useful option for users the default in
> order to pass a test suite is suboptimal.  I'm sure this conversation would
> be better continued off list if you're interested.
>
Cheers,
> --
> Stephen Gran
> Senior Systems Integrator - guardian.co.uk
>

I would have to agree here.  If the case for using a suboptimal solution
here is to pass tests another approach should be taken.

If this is a legitimate issue, maybe we should look at what Neutron is
doing, as they are using alembric for migrations already.

Cheers,
Morgan Fainberg


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