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

[Colin Charles]

Robin H. Johnson wrote:

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

Fixes delayed from public availability, do not include security issues, 
so these are at most, bug fixes

In fact, the new plan actually helps you, the packager, because there's 
a *guarantee* of a source drop every 3 months once. The previous plan 
left things up in the air, and you had no 'roadmap' so to speak

> 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.

I would advise packaging MySQL Community Edition, which is built and 
targeted towards distributions shipping MySQL

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