Hi!
On 7 Feb 2012, at 18:26, Chris Manns wrote:
> I don't know if this will post but I was working on RHEL approving MariaDB. I
> had long discussion with what seemed to be smart folk with RPM packaging on
> IRC, I'd need to present it on a mailing list and really find what they
> wanted. Not too hard of a path.
>
A good way to get it into RHEL is:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Alternatives
> In my honest opinion having MariaDB and friends use separate ports (Network)
> and have a package that makes them take over MySQL and make the system appear
> it has MySQL they can choose that, or run both side by side. This is what
> RHEL said would have to be done pretty much, even some said these forks are
> nice but it's just easier to go this route then everyones happier. So then
> just make a package that changes mariadb port # to 3306, remove mysql,
> install package that is provides mysql and it's friends so mysql appears
> installed, and move from mariadb db directory and move (backup) mysql's and
> copy/symlink mariadb's default.
>
To remain backward compatible, the idea of using the same port number, data
files, etc. seem to be in play. If we are to apply for a new port number we
have to change the protocol to some extent
The only reason RHEL/Fedora have a real problem today is because of packaging
policy (see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines), nothing else.
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