Description of problem: Unnecessary (or slightly over-zealous) dependencies for glom. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glom.i386 0:1.6.5-1.fc8 How reproducible: Install glom via yum Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install glom 2. watch dependency resolution 3. see "postgresql-server" listed in the output. Actual results: Installs libgda-postgres, postgresql AND postgresql-server. Expected results: Only the client side should be pulled in ... for two reasons; one might have a remote database already as in many developer configurations, or one might (as I have) already installed mysql-server and not want another db server installed. Additional info: I understand that it seems logical to require at least a client-side database driver, though I don't want to use postgresql and I already have mysql-server installed. HOWEVER I don't see why it's necessary to pull in the server through deps in this package (last time I checked, even mysql adminstrator didn't require installing the server locally through dependencies). I'd prefer not to have to install even the client side (again, I have mysql client and server installed).
OK, it looks like glom really does insist on only using postgresql-server. I had had the impression gda was meant to be db-agnostic. Could the Summary: line be changed to mention PG? I only saw that (was doing a "yum search" for "database" and "designer", this came up - just saying "database designer and user interface" so no obvious indication why it suddenly wanted to pull in PG).