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

Thu Dec 1 21:10:24 CET 2011

Op donderdag 01 december 2011 09:42:29 schreef Anne Nicolas:
+> > 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
+
+is it ok if we could test MariaDB fully and if it's not good enough, we could 
+decide to not use mariadb yet and resubmit mysql? or even provide mariadb as 
+alternative?
+
+to be able to make this decision would be great for it to be actually tested. 
+cauldron isn't definative, so submitting to core/release in cauldron seems to 
+be the best way to get a decent test. if it's not workable after a few days, 
+we can still resubmit mysql?
+
+
+Also, i've spoken at length with MariaDB and Monty and the other developers 
+are dedicated to making this work, because they see that no distro is yet 
+having their product. (except Suse and EPEL iirc.)
+
+( While i was at the channel, it appears someone from Arch was also 
+investigating MariaDB )
+
+and lastly, i think it's because the branches had been lagging behind, but now 
+5.5 is almost released (should be before februari) and they are in sync with 
+MySQL.
+
+at the same time it appears Oracle is close-sourcing some parts of mysql (or 
+so i've been told).
+
+Personally I think this is exactly the correct time for this.
+