[debian-mysql] The libmysqlclient issue in a nutshell

[Lenz Grimmer]

Hi,

thanks for reporting these and the summary. I will raise a red flag to ensure
that this is getting addressed ASAP. If the ABI changed, changing the SONAME
should be a no-brainer.

On 02/11/11 13:16, Clint Byrum wrote:

> I wanted to drop you a note about what we've been discussing
> regarding MySQL 5.5 for the upcoming 11.04 release of Ubuntu and make
> sure we're inline with what you're thinking.
> 
> I noticed you commented on this bug:
> 
> http://bugs.mysql.com/59078
> 
> And wanted to bring your attention to the new report I filed here:
> 
> http://bugs.mysql.com/60061
> 
> And this one which I also found:
> 
> http://bugs.mysql.com/59106
> 
> 
> 60061 is the consolidation of 59078 and 59106, as I feel both were sort
> of disregarded by their initial responses and the real issue is one of
> education on what the point of shared libraries and versioned symbols
> is.
> 
> We've discussed it briefly on the ubuntu-devel list and agreed that
> 5.5's libmysqlclient16 packages would be unsuitable, and so, will not be
> built or used. When they've figured out their soname issues, we can use
> them. Until then, 5.5 will be "the other mysql" and not in Ubuntu main.
> One would only get it by installing mysql-server-5.5 not mysql-server.

Bye,
	LenZ
-- 
  Lenz Grimmer <lenz at grimmer.com> - http://www.lenzg.net/

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