akonadi: add postgresql9X, mysql5, mysql51, mysql55, mariadb, percona variants

[mparchet@…]

Hello,

Since akonadi doesn't work with mysql port I subtest you to develop a postgreesql and mariadb variant for the akonadi port ?

Note : the postgreesql variant exist on linux.

I would like have the choice between :

• Mysql5
• Maradb (free software clone of mysql)
• postgreesql (free software)

Can you develop thees variants ?

Best regards

mparchet

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

For MySQL, we currently would like ports to offer the following variants: mysql5, mysql51, mysql55, mariadb, percona; if any of these is to be the default, it should be mysql5. Once all ports using MySQL offer all these choices, we will deprecate mysql5.

For PostgreSQL, you can support as many versions of PostgreSQL as you like; name the variants like the ports, for example: postgresql90, postgresql91, postgresql92.

[pixilla (Bradley Giesbrecht)]

As time allows I am working on this. Akonadi does it's own search for mysql at runtime and appears to build a sticky config on the result. I think we are going to have to have the akonadi port write the config file to assure we use the right mysql.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

mysql variants have been added to akonadi (except mysql56, which should still be added, but is waiting on a qt4-mac-mysql56-plugin port; see #40120). If akonadi supports postgresql, those variants still need to be added.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

proposed patch

[NicosPavlov]

Variant for mysql56 added in r111292. To the best of my knowledge and testing, akonadi can compile with postgresql, but it is not very well supported at runtime. As even the documentation stipulates that it is not well maintained (see ​http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi#PostgreSQL_Support), I do not see the point of adding a crippled variant.