[debian-mysql] Distro packaging of MySQL, Community vs. Enterprise

[Robin H. Johnson]

Hi everybody,

I've mailed you collectively, as the maintainers for MySQL on your
respective platforms: Gentoo, Debian, Fedora/RHEL, SuSE, Ubuntu.

With the exception of Gentoo, all of your distributions seem to package
the community edition of MySQL as your offering for MySQL. (Gentoo
provides both, but enterprise is under the main 'mysql' package name).

I don't know if you are subscribed to the upstream MySQL packagers list
(http://lists.mysql.com/packagers?date=2007-09), but I've tried to start
a public discussion with upstream there, regarding the future of how
distributions should package MySQL.

Having fixes delayed from public availability for known problems is not
an ideal matter, it reflects badly on everybody.

I hope that you could each state your future plans for packaging of
MySQL on the list, and perhaps by standing together, we can help the
management of MySQL to reach a better plan that helps their own future,
without shutting the door on the community.

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
E-Mail     : robbat2 at gentoo.org
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