[aur-general] Putting mariadb into community

[Ike Devolder]

2011/9/28 Ike Devolder <ike.devolder at gmail.com>

> 2011/9/28 Ángel Velásquez <angvp at archlinux.org>
>
>> 2011/9/28 Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Angel Velásquez
>> angvp @ irc.freenode.net
>> Arch Linux Developer / Trusted User
>> Linux Counter: #359909
>> http://www.angvp.com
>>
>
> Why you should introduce mariadb but not drop mysql:
>
> - mariadb has nicer debug stuff
> - mariadb has some small performance improvements for charset conversions
> - mariadb should have (i cannot confirm myself) better and more stable
> replication (less replication breakage than mysql (my experience is with
> mysql 5.1 <-> mariadb 5.1, i cant speak for newer versions)
>

small correction :: i cannot confirm myself for newer versions than
mentioned


>
> - and last but not least, mariadb has a more open development and is not
> tied by any vendor (might be an advantage)
>
> for more info http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features
>
> -- Ike
>