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[arch-announce] MariaDB replaces MySQL in repositories
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Bartłomiej Piotrowski 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote: MariaDB is now officially our default implementation of MySQL. MariaDB is [almost][1] a drop in replacement, so an upgrade should be possible with minimum hassle. However, due to remaining compatibility concerns, an automatic replace is not done. It is recommended for all users to upgrade. MySQL will be dropped from the repositories to the AUR in a month. Users who want to switch will need to install `mariadb`, `libmariadbclient` or `mariadb-clients` and execute `mysql_upgrade` in order to migrate their systems. Migration example: # systemctl stop mysqld # pacman -S mariadb libmariadbclient mariadb-clients # systemctl start mysqld # mysql_upgrade -p `percona-server` is another MySQL fork available in [community]. It should be closer to Oracle MySQL Enterprise, but is missing the new features included in MariaDB. Together with `mysql 5.5.30-7` in [extra], all packages depending on it have been rebuilt against their MariaDB counterparts. Other package maintainers should move their dependencies to the MariaDB packages. More information can be found on our [mailing list][2]. [1]: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/ [2]: https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev- public/2013-February/024478.html URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-replaces-mysql-in-repositories/

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[arch-announce] qt4 replaces qt
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Andrea Scarpino 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Andrea Scarpino wrote: A new `qt4` package in [extra]. This replaces the current `qt` package. All packages depending on `qt` need to be rebuilt to depend on `qt4`. We have done this for all official packages, but you will need to rebuild packages installed from the AUR that depend on `qt`. Qt 5.x is now also available in [extra]. When you install both `qt5-base` and `qt4` any Qt tool will refer to the 5.x version. We provide *-qt4 symlinks so you can explicitly force the 4.x version when you need it. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/qt4-replaces-qt/

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