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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit optfeature
+
+DESCRIPTION="Default Akonadi storage backend configuration"
+HOMEPAGE="https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Shared_Database#Akonadi"
+S=${WORKDIR}
+
+LICENSE="public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+IUSE="+mysql postgres sqlite"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( mysql postgres sqlite )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	!<kde-apps/akonadi-24.11.80
+	dev-qt/qtbase:6[mysql?,postgres?,sqlite?]
+	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
+	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
+"
+
+pkg_pretend() {
+	if [[ -n "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]] || ! has_version "kde-apps/akonadi"; then
+		return
+	fi
+	for backend in sqlite postgres mysql; do
+		if ! use ${backend} && has_version "kde-apps/akonadi[${backend}]"; then
+			ewarn "Potential upgrade issue detected!"
+			ewarn "Previously: kde-apps/akonadi[${backend}] *** enabled ***"
+			ewarn "Now: kde-apps/akonadi-config[${backend}] *** disabled ***"
+			ewarn "Make sure any Akonadi user storage backends in ~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc"
+			ewarn "have been migrated accordingly. To migrate an existing backend to a different"
+			ewarn "driver, run \`akonadi-db-migrator --newengine sqlite|mysql|postgres\`"
+			ewarn "To succeed, both drivers need to be enabled in dev-qt/qtbase USE - it is *not*"
+			ewarn "necessary to downgrade kde-apps/akonadi if you learn about this after upgrading."
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# Set default storage backend in order: MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL
+	# reverse driver check to keep the order
+	use postgres && DRIVER="QPSQL"
+	use sqlite && DRIVER="QSQLITE"
+	use mysql && DRIVER="QMYSQL"
+}
+
+src_unpack() { :; }
+src_configure() { :; }
+src_compile() { :; }
+
+src_install() {
+	# Who knows, maybe it accidentally fixes our permission issues
+	cat <<-EOF > "${T}"/akonadiserverrc || die
+		[%General]
+		Driver=${DRIVER}
+	EOF
+	insinto /usr/share/config/akonadi
+	doins "${T}"/akonadiserverrc
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "You can select the storage backend in ~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc."
+	elog "Available drivers (by enabled USE flags) are:"
+	use mysql && elog "  QMYSQL"
+	use sqlite && elog "  QSQLITE"
+	use postgres && elog "  QPSQL"
+	elog "${DRIVER} has been set as your default akonadi storage backend."
+	elog
+	optfeature_header "The following optional database backends exist:"
+	optfeature "SQLite backend support" "${CATEGORY}/${PN}[sqlite]"
+	optfeature "MySQL backend support" "${CATEGORY}/${PN}[mysql]"
+	optfeature "PostgreSQL backend support" "${CATEGORY}/${PN}[postgres]"
+}
diff --git a/kde-apps/akonadi-config/metadata.xml b/kde-apps/akonadi-config/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>kde@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo KDE Project</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>