Bug 2541777

Summary:	akonadi-server still recommends mysql despite upstream switch to sqlite
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Gary Dotzler <geldot>
Component:	akonadi-server	Assignee:	Steve Cossette <farchord>
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Description Gary Dotzler 2026-09-26 03:32:41 UTC

akonadi has switched the default database from mysql to sqlite:

https://invent.kde.org/pim/akonadi/-/merge_requests/311

Interestingly, sqlite has been the KDE Neon default since 2023 so upstream has already been shipping it in production:

https://invent.kde.org/neon/pim/akonadi/-/commit/7539c693328e7ff0e180f96fb87ad3a8a9273e47

Proposed fix:

Remove Recommends: akonadi-server-mysql

As installers and dnf install recommendations by default, desktop users are unexpectedly getting opted in to this unusual hybrid server/desktop stack.

This lightens the package's dependency chain, more importantly reduces the resident memory usage and strengthens the security posture of a standard Plasma desktop install.

Users who have an existing mysql database can install akonadi-server-mysql or use the akonadi-db-migrator tool which provides a migration path to the recommended sqlite backend.



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Gary Dotzler 2026-09-26 07:14:37 UTC

Corresponding fedora-comps PR:

  kde: drop akonadi-server-mysql from defaults
  https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/fedora-comps/pulls/1334

Comment 2 Gary Dotzler 2026-09-26 12:18:58 UTC

Corresponding SIG thread:

  comps: drop akonadi-server-mysql from defaults
  https://forge.fedoraproject.org/kde/tracker/issues/730