Excerpts from Thomas Goirand's message of 2013-12-27 00:36:49 -0800: > On 12/27/2013 09:44 AM, Clint Byrum wrote: > > Excerpts from Vincent Bernat's message of 2013-12-25 09:52:40 -0800: > >> ❦ 25 décembre 2013 12:41 CET, Clint Byrum <spam...@debian.org> : > >> > >>>>> Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client > >>>>> contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every > >>>>> software dependency in Debian? > >>>> > >>>> Maybe MariaDB wants to be the "default" MySQL implementation? > >>> > >>> MariaDB is not MySQL, so this is not really what you mean. Also I'd ask > >>> that you suggest why you think there should be a default, and why you > >>> think that "MySQL" should not be the default "MySQL". > >> > >> I am saying this because the bug reports about adding support for > >> MariaDB were asking for mariadb-client | mysql-client and not > >> mysql-client | mariadb-client. My question is genuine, I really don't > >> know. Do we plan to transition away from MySQL to MariaDB? > > > > No such plan is under way. I am one of the few people maintaining MySQL, > > but others have recently stepped up to get us onto git, to get MySQL > > 5.6 ready, and to do general work, so MySQL seems like it may remain in > > Debian. As long as it does, there is no "automatic transition". They are > > forked, and more so than ever with MariaDB 10, so we should just treat > > them as such. > > After all these replies, I'm still not sure what to do with my package. > Should I add mariadb-client as possible dependency? If, like it seems, > we get 4 different types of "MySQL compatible" servers (MySQL itself, > MariaDB, and both with the Percona patch making Galera from MySQL or for > MariaDB), does it makes sense to add dependency for all of them, in > absolutely all the packages in the Debian archive? > > In other words, will I have to do something like: > Depends: mysql-client | mariadb-client | mysql-galera-client | > mariadb-galera-client
If we don't have a virtual-mysql-client that can guarantee a package which provides /usr/bin/mysql as an alternative, then we should aim at that. For you, mysql-client will work fine. You would only need mariadb-client if you want to use a specific feature of mariadb-client. If they do conflict/break/replace each-other (I can't remember if they do or not), then you will need the "or" relationships until we provide you a proper virtual package. > > or is the client for the galera and non-galera the same? > They all will speak mysql's network protocol, probably until the end of time. I imagine some will add features. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1388155009-sup-1959@clint-HP
