Hi. Being a sysadmin with a lot of experience on database servers I thought I would share my experience on this case. I'm using mariadb as a MySQL replacement on a few servers using a custom package[1] that uses standard mysql paths and configurations. I've had a few inconsistencies with mysql in certain cases. MariaDB seemed to be afflicted by old bugs that were fixed on MySQL. On the other hand I never had a problem using percona-server [2], even though it took me a while to tweak the package to be a functional replacement. Obviously the tipycal environments in which I deployed this servers do not cover all possible situations. For instance, I don't know if they play nicely with kde (amarok uses an embedded mysql server, akonadi spawns a mysql server to store its data). [1] https://github.com/mtorromeo/archlinux-packages/tree/master/mariadb-mysql-re... [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40803 On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com> wrote:
On 09/28/2011 09:07 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
"Ángel Velásquez" <angvp@archlinux.org> wrote:
2011/9/28 Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com>:
Hi,
Due to Oracle's recent and absolutely unforeseeable new plans with MySQL, I thought it might be a good opportunity to put mariadb into community for those that depend on MySQL. Mariadb is designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL and as such I wondered whether it would make sense if mariadb replaced MySQL. Mariadb also conflicts with MySQL files which at least necessitates installing them to an alternative path.
I'm willing to maintain mariadb in community.
I'd like opinions on this. I agree even bringing other forks of mysql to community, my unique concern is, how qualified do you feel to maintain them? I hope you're not bringing mariadb just because oracle, else because you feel a master (relatively speaking) with mariadb.
That said, if you feel you're qualified, i don't have any concern to have mariadb in community under your responsability.
-- Sven-Hendrik
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