#1134994 adminer: Recommends virtual package php-mysqli not in last position

Package:
adminer
Source:
adminer
Submitter:
Carles Pina i Estany
Date:
2026-05-03 06:23:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1134994#5
Date:
2026-04-26 19:15:21 UTC
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To:
Dear maintainer(s),

I noticed that package adminer recommends php-mysqli, which is not in
the last position of a group (or it has no concrete alternatives
preceding it).

The virtual package php-mysqli is provided by php8.4-mysql.

As far as I know: in order to make "apt"/tools install one of those, a
concrete package should be recommended and the virtual package be the
last one in the group.

Thank you,
#1134994#10
Date:
2026-04-28 06:48:37 UTC
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To:
Hi,

The problem here is that there is no *right* choice for the user as adminer
can be use to interact with any of the db backends. Maybe I should just remove
the recommends alltogether.

Alex
#1134994#15
Date:
2026-05-03 06:19:48 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I am testing some things (to understand a detail) regarding "apt" and
an edge case (for me) regarding "Recommends"/"Depends", so I will answer
better next days after some testing.