[debian-mysql] Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

[Thomas Goirand]

On 12/30/2013 11:53 PM, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 2013/12/25 Thomas Goirand <zigo at debian.org>:
>> Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client
>> contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every
>> software dependency in Debian?
>>
>> Adding debian-devel@, as I think it should be discussed more broadly.
> 
> 
> We discussed this on the pkg-maint-mysql list and the recommended policy is now:
> 
> All packages that at the moment depend directly on mysql-client should
> instead have something like:
> 
> Depends: the-one-they-tested-with | virtual-mysql-client
> (or Suggests or Recommends)
> 
> At the moment in unstable the packages mysql-server-5.5 and
> mariadb-server-5.5 have
> Provides: mysql-virtual-server
> 
> and mysql-client-5-5 and mariadb-client-5.5 have
> Provides: mysql-virtual-client
> 
> Later when other versions are uploaded to Debian (e.g. MySQL 5.6,
> MariaDB 10, Percona etc) they will include the same provides as long
> as they are compatible enough with MySQL 5.5 to be
> drop-in-replacements.
> 
> Does this sound OK?

Hi,

This sounds much much better than listing each and every *-client
package indeed.

Thomas