3 Oct
2011
3 Oct
'11
4:37 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com> wrote:
Please don't do this. provides and conflicts, yes, but there's no reason this should be forced as an upgrade path for mysql users. Using replaces here is just as good as killing it off entirely. Users still have a choice -- don't take it away from them.
Replaces would cause problems, since it will try to force the package over the standard mysql. But provides+conflicts will still allow the final user to choose which one to install. Just take a look at the percona-server package [1], I have it in my own repository and I still install mysql on some servers and percona on others, no problems at all. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pe/percona-server/PKGBUILD