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

Thu Dec 1 09:42:29 CET 2011

Le 01/12/2011 08:34, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+> Op donderdag 01 december 2011 00:28:34 schreef Luc Menut:
+> [...]
+>> 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.
+> [...]
+> 
+> yes, i'll do so, problem is that i didn't get any testing, so i need to put it 
+> into core/release to get more testing.
+> 
+> if mariadb doesn't work, we can easily switch back by just rebuilding mysql 
+> and dropping mariadb for that moment.
+> 
+> also, i tested with amarok among others, without a problem
+> 
+> This is the up-coming 5.5 branch, which my plan is to keep testing as we go 
+> along to mga2
+> 
+> I also have good contacts with upstream about this.
+> 
+> i'll send a new thread on this, but it's not a final decision, it's nothing 
+> more than just a way to get more testing so we can decide to opt-out or not.
+
+As said before there is no other major distro that did this switch. It
+seems too early for me and lots of users do still use MySQL. I would go
+for MariaDB as an alternative for Mageia 2
+
+-- 
+Anne
+http://mageia.org
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