[Mageia-dev] mariadb

Sat Dec 17 22:03:39 CET 2011

Op zaterdag 17 december 2011 16:22:50 schreef Balcaen John:
+> Le samedi 17 décembre 2011 17:14:52 Anssi Hannula a écrit :
+> > On 17.12.2011 15:59, Oliver Burger wrote:
+> > > Am Samstag, 17. Dezember 2011, 15:45:42 schrieb Anssi Hannula:
+> > >> +1 for not naming it as libmariadb18 if it actually contains
+> > >> libmysqlclient.so.18.
+> > > 
+> > > But mariadb is not mysql, it's a kind of fork of mysql.
+> > > 
+> > > We don't call libreoffice openoffice and we don't call Mageia Mandriva,
+> > > do we?
+> > 
+> > Fair points.
+> > 
+> > IMHO library packages should still be primarily named after the library
+> > they contain, regardless of project name.
+> > 
+> > But indeed we have no clear policy regarding that, making it kind of
+> > maintainer decision.
+> 
+> Well since we still don't know if we're going to follow mariadb path or
+> mysql, we should probably better stick to mariadb inside the library name.
+> (Not to mention we don't know if mariadb is not going to change the
+> library's name from libmysql to libmariadb.)
+> 
+> Regards,
+
+knowing that almost all "Mysql AB" programmers are now in "Monty Program" and 
+together with alot other devs are now in mariadb, and oracle had to hire alot 
+of new devs to work on mysql... and that Oracle is already busy close-sourcing 
+stuff...
+
+i have a feeling that it'll go from a drop-in replacement to a full fork 
+somewhere in the future. thus it's not farfetched that they would actually 
+rename it.
+
+i'd like to keep it like this for now, we'll see how things evolve.
+
+AL13N
+
+PS: original founder monty, however feels actually no need to rename any of 
+it, since he sees it as a continuation and that his programs are named after 
+his kids :-). other people feel they should break with oracle and thus do 
+different naming...
+