[MacPorts] #46134: sympa: offer mysql variants

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#46134: sympa: offer mysql variants
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  Reporter:  ryandesign@…  |      Owner:  devans@…
      Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:  sympa         |
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Changes (by devans@…):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:  macports-tickets@… => devans@…
 * cc: pixilla@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:46134 ryandesign@…]:
 > sympa depends on mysql5, which does not build on current OS X and will
 not be fixed. Newer versions of mysql exist in other ports and ports like
 sympa that use mysql should offer variants for choosing amongst them.
 >
 > Does sympa even use mysql directly, or does it only use it indirectly
 via p5-dbd-mysql? If the latter, remove the mysql dependency entirely and
 let p5-dbd-mysql take care of it.

 sympa uses indirect access via p5-dbi, the database being selected by the
 backend module although the documentation largely describes mysql. So your
 suggestion to depend on just p5-dbd-mysql makes sense except that it's
 default variant is also currently +mysql5.

 I propose changing the p5-dbd-mysql default to +mysql56 (+mariadb,
 +percona?) and adding variants to sympa to allow p5-dbd-sqlite or p5-dbd-
 pg instead of p5-dbd-mysql if desired, all of which are supported.  This
 should allow it to build on Yosemite.

 Is +mysql56 the preferred default for ports that want to use mysql5 or
 perhaps +mariadb or +percona.  Seems to be a mixture of these with other
 current ports.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46134#comment:1>
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