[debian-mysql] Entirely replace MySQL?

[Jonathan Aquilina]

On 1/24/11 8:56 AM, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 23.01.2011, 12:54 +0100 schrieb Adrian Lang:
>> How about completely replacing the MySQL packages with MariaDB like the
>> OpenOffice.org team did with LibreOffice?
> I don't know the reasons why Debian decided to drop OpenOffice.org and
> replace it with LibreOffice, but I currently see no reason why we should
> replace MySQL with MariaDB.
>
> Regards, Norbert
>
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I think the reason for that is the possibility of oracle pulling the 
plug on the project.