[Mageia-dev] replace mysql by mariadb ? (was HEADSUP: mariadb available for testing)

Thu Dec 1 00:28:34 CET 2011

Le 30/11/2011 22:34, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+> Op dinsdag 29 november 2011 00:21:04 schreef Maarten Vanraes:
+>> so please, test mariadb, build stuff against lib64mariadbclient18 , and
+>> give opinion to which option to choose: A/B .
+>
+> ok, so :
+> 3 people vote B
+> 0 people vote A
+> 0 people have disagreement
+>
+> ==>  100% agreed
+
+Please, you should first ask on the ML with a proper subject like "[RFC] 
+replace mysql by mariadb for mga 2 ?" and don't hide this 
+choice/question in a thread where you announce that mariadb is available 
+for testing. And wait at least one week, so that people have time to reply.
+
+Do you know some distribution that have done this replacement?
+
+I just quickly look at 3 main distributions;
+- Fedora doesn't seem to have mariadb,
+- OpenSuse has mariadb, but still builds there packages againt mysql,
+- Debian doesn't seem to have mariadb.
+http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565308
+
+and this replacement doesn't seem to be so easy as you claim:
+e.g. http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=284810
+
+Do you agree to fix all the bugs introduced by the replacement of mysql 
+by mariadb?
+
+
+When this was discussed a first time on this list, Nicolas Vigier 
+proposed to start with mariadb as an alternative:
+"I would start with mariadb as an alternative. Then drop mysql later,
+if/when it's confirmed that mysql is really dead and we could check
+that mariadb is a good replacement."
+https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20110408/003919.html
+
+I agree with this, and I think that it's still a sensible choice.
+
+regards,
+Luc
+
+-- 
+Luc Menut
+