Comment 5 for bug 418342

I'm pretty certain that this isn't fixed:

# aptitude show akonadi-server
Package: akonadi-server
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.2.1-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: net
Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 10.5M
Depends: libakonadiprivate1 (>= 1.2.0), libboost-program-options1.38.0 (>= 1.38.0-1), libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libqt4-dbus (>= 4.5.1),
         libqtcore4 (>= 4.5.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), mysql-server-core-5.1, libqt4-sql-mysql
Description: Akonadi PIM storage service
 Akonadi is an extensible cross-desktop Personal Information Management (PIM) storage service. It provides a common framework for applications to store
 and access mail, calendars, addressbooks, and other PIM data.

(Up to date karmic system)

Seems to depend specifically on mysql-server-core-5.1