[Mageia-dev] mysql vs mariadb

Fri Apr 8 16:22:41 CEST 2011

On 8 April 2011 16:20, Oliver Burger <oliver.bgr at googlemail.com> wrote:
+> Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud at gmail.com> schrieb am 08.04.2011
+>> On 8 April 2011 16:05, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> >> So I'd like to ask you, what you think, we should do?
+>> >> - package mariadb as an alternative for mysql
+>> >> - package mariadb nd drop mysql or
+>> >> - stay with mysql and not package mariadb at all at least for
+>> >> the time being
+>> >>
+>> >> By the way, if any of my words reads a bi peculiar, the "a" key
+>> >> on my keyboard isn't working all the time, so try adding an "a"
+>> >> while you read it :D
+>> >
+>> > About option 2, can't be dropped at the moment, as e.g. Amarok
+>> > requires it.
+>>
+>> I would expect it to be binary compatible with mysql.
+> According to its website it "offers drop-in replacement functionality
+> for MySQL".
+>
+> Oliver
+>
+
+What I meant was not to drop mysql until we're sure Amarok
+builds/works/doesn't-barf with MariaDB.
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+