Christian Hammers wrote: > Hello > > In Debian Sarge we had libmysqlclient12 from MySQL 4.0.x as main mysql > library in use. In Etch I already have MySQL 4.1 (libmysqlclient14) and > MySQL 5.0 (libmysqlclient15) which is still only release-candidate, so I'd > like to drop support for the 4.0 branch completely. > > Note though, that libmysqlclient10-dev from mysql (3.23.x), maintained by > Steve Langasek, which is also still present is left untouched because it > was released under LGPL instead of "GPL+FLOSS Exceptions" and thus be > preferred by some people. > > As we have recently introduced versioned symbols to libmysqlclient14 and > -15 the transition "should be easy"(tm) and done just by mass filing a bug > report and maybe after 2 weeks NMU the leftover packages. > > Maintainers: > Recompiling with build-deps set to libmysqlclient14-dev instead of > libmysqlclient12-dev should be enough. > > > The last published release schedule speaks of 2006 as release date. It > might be that MySQL 5.0 will be stable enough next summer to be shipped - > maybe at the cost that of some more necessary bugfix updates but the > benefit to only have one MySQL for the security support afterwards. > > Release Team, please comment :-)
Can you wait on this until the KDE/JACK transition goes through, new libpng gets into etch, and new openssl does too? It has the potential to delay all of the above, which would suck badly. -- ksig --random| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
