[debian-mysql] MySQL 5.5

[Norbert Tretkowski]

Hi Adrian,

Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 12:08 +0200 schrieb Adrian von Bidder:
> Is anybody planning to upload mysql 5.5 rc to experimental soonish?

to be honest, I unfortunately don't have time currently to take care of
a MySQL 5.5 package.

So any help is much appreciated!

> If not: I've got a customer who might be ready to fund ca. 0.5 day 
> effort to prepare a package; if I could get svn commit access and a 
> quick outline what the steps are to move from 5.1 to 5.5 I may be able 
> to at least get started.  My naive approach would essentially be 
> 
> * create a mysql-dfsg-5.5 branch
> * global s/5.1/5.5/
> * debian/rules get-orig-source
> 
> and then look where things start to fall apart.

It's a start. :)

> Disclaimer: I'm not interested in continuing maintenance once funding 
> runs out, sorry about that.

Bummer. Anyway, the biggest step is to create an initial MySQL 5.5
package, I think I'm able to keep it up-to-date once it exists.

> OTOH I promise I won't abuse the svn (you can always "svn rm svn
> +ssh://..../mysql-dfsg-5.5" and start over in case I do something
> silly, can't you?

No problem from my side.

> (And yes: the customer hasn't agreed to pay yet.)

Then let's hope he agrees.


Regards, Norbert