[Mageia-dev] Adding additional provides to php database modules

[Guillaume Rousse]

Le 19/12/2011 03:02, Thomas Spuhler a écrit :
> Could you please explain a little more what you are looking for.
> PHP provides the php-mysql and php-pdo-mysql
He wants to add a php-database virtual package, provided by the 
different php database bindings.

The only problem here is that, pdo aside, there is no unified database 
interface in php. Some applications may have explicit support for some 
databases, this doesn't mean they have generic support for any database. 
You're likely to quickly run into applications able to work with mysql, 
postgresql or sqlite, and those able to work with just mysql or 
postgresql. In theory, you'll end up with as much virtual package as 
potential combination.

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