[php-maint] Bug#390570: php5-mysql: circular dependency hell

[Bill Allombert]

Package: php5-mysql
Version: 5.1.6-2
Severity: important

Hello Debian PHP Maintainers,

There is a circular dependency between php5-mysql and php5-mysqli:

php5-mysql 	:Depends: php5-mysqli (= 5.1.6-2)
php5-mysqli 	:Depends: php5-mysql (= 5.1.6-2)

Circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
should try to get rid of them.

See threads 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

What is the purpose to have both packages if users are requested to
install both of them anyway?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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