Re: [Maria-discuss] [debian-mysql] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Bjoern Boschman wrote: > On 16.02.2012 00:57, Henrik Ingo wrote: >> Percona Server is like MariaDB in that both of them are compatible >> with MySQL and you could do a plug-and-play replacement. Percona >> Server is much closer to MySQL (which many think is great),

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Colin Charles wrote: >> There is also a fourth MySQL fork: Percona Server. It is interesting >> to note people in this thread and in general the Linux distro people >> seem to omit this when talking about MySQL forks. As far as I'm aware >> it is the most popular o

[Maria-discuss] MariaDB 5.3.4-rc now available

2012-02-15 Thread Daniel Bartholomew
The MariaDB project would like to announce the availability of MariaDB 5.3.4-rc, the latest addition to our growing lineup of supported software. MariaDB 5.3.4-rc is the second Release Candidate release in the 5.3 series. We hope to follow it up soon with a stable (GA) 5.3 release. == MariaDB 5.3

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Stewart Smith
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:42:34 +0800, Colin Charles wrote: > On 16 Feb 2012, at 10:01, Stewart Smith wrote: > > Maybe somebody can point out how RHEL/Fedora do multiple web servers or > > email servers as that's essentially what we have here. Surely things > > like nginx, lighttpd and postfix are a

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 16 Feb 2012, at 07:57, Henrik Ingo wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Fabio T. Leitao > wrote: >> For those who have not followed this up closely, a little history. >> >> Remember that MariaDB is not just "compatible" with MySQL, but it kind of IS >> MySQL, forked and re-branded.

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 16 Feb 2012, at 10:01, Stewart Smith wrote: > On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:31:05 +0800, Colin Charles > wrote: >> 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 prot

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 15 Feb 2012, at 00:49, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > We are unable to determine what the recent MySQL security fixes are due > to lack of details, and unclear commit messages. Based on our analysis of commits and bugs, we believe the CPU (critical patch update) that Oracle released was actua

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 14 Feb 2012, at 20:28, Fabio T. Leitao wrote: > Remember that MariaDB is not just "compatible" with MySQL, but it kind of IS > MySQL, forked and re-branded. I like to say that it is MySQL, branched and re-branded with additional features. It is not a fork. We rebase with MySQL on a regu

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 14 Feb 2012, at 00:11, Robbie Williamson wrote: > One thing to note, the primary motivator for this proposal isn't about > moving to a more "open source friendly" application. We have genuine > security concerns/issues with how MySQL handles and publishes their > security updates. We can

Re: [Maria-discuss] [debian-mysql] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Charles
Hi! On 13 Feb 2012, at 15:20, Eddie Bachle wrote: > As Linux gains more public recognition, more and more Windows-only > organizations will consider using it as an alternative, especially for their > web servers. This is especially true because of the fact that each of the > necessarily main

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Stewart Smith
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:31:05 +0800, Colin Charles wrote: > 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 We have the same issue with Percona Serv

Re: [Maria-discuss] MySQL's future in Debian and Ubuntu

2012-02-15 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Fabio T. Leitao wrote: > For those who have not followed this up closely, a little history. > > Remember that MariaDB is not just "compatible" with MySQL, but it kind of IS > MySQL, forked and re-branded. > > In 2009, even before Oracle has purchased Sun, Monty Wid