[debian-mysql] MySQL 5.1 in unstable and 5.4 to experimental?

[Mathias Gug]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Christian Hammers<ch at debian.org> wrote:
>> 1. The cluster engine is disabled in 5.1 while enabled in 5.0.
>
> From the changelog:
>
>  mysql-dfsg-5.1 (5.1.30-2) experimental; urgency=low
>  * Drop MySQL Cluster support, it's deprecated since 5.1.24-RC.
>
> And from the mentioned upstream changelog:
>
>  "Those using MySQL Cluster in MySQL 5.1.23 and earlier MySQL 5.1
>  mainline releases should upgrade to MySQL Cluster NDB 6.2.15 or a later
>  MySQL Cluster NDB 6.2 or 6.3 release."
>
> I guess that's a point for the Debian NEWS file?
>
> Do you think that we should check if clustering is used in the preinst
> script to prevent upgrading in this condition?

Seems like a good intermediate solution. IIRC norbert was working on
getting MySQL Cluster packaged separately. In this use case does it
mean that 5.0 would be kept in the debian archive until MySQL Cluster
is available?

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Mathias Gug
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