[aur-general] TU Application - Massimiliano Torromeo

Massimiliano Torromeo massimiliano.torromeo at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 12:32:14 EDT 2011


On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 06:27:29PM +0200, Massimiliano Torromeo wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Are we getting rid of MySQL? Or just making Maria a "replaces" package?
>>
>> Getting rid of MySQL would be crazy!
>> Of course, I'm going to use the replaces/provides flags, for both
>> mariadb and percona.
>
> 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.
>
> dave

Sorry, I got confused, my mistake. Only provides, of course!


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