In the course of developing a library which heavily relies on libmysqlclient, I've noticed several issues using MariaDB on Debian lately. I'm worried about its future.
The latest version of libmariadb in Debian no longer works as a drop-in replacement for MySQL. The library's name and include path has changed from mysql to mariadb. While I don't have a problem with someone trying to use their own name, it means that build scripts relying on mysql_config and code looking for mysql/mysql.h will break with the new version. Because of this, I'm considering dropping support in my software for MariaDB, since they have moved away from their original purpose. Can I depend on the future of MySQL in Debian, or will it be phased out in the foreseeable future? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Associate, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.gnu.org www.fsf.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54da87ba.5010...@mcmackins.org
