[debian-mysql] percona vs. mariadb

[Bjoern Boschman]

Hi Micah,

I cannot speak for the whole pkg-mysql team but for my personal opinion.
I'm a percona user by myself :)

But in terms of debian first of all we have to get wheezy up and running
which will be shipped with hopefully mysql-5.5.30

For wheezy+1 I'd vote not for letting debian decide what to ship and
what not. So no replacement at all.

We should provide meta packages (like mysql-server, mysql-client) which
still defaults to oracle builds. on top we should provide mariadb and
percona which will fullfil those packages using the 'Provides' Tags

with this the user has the ability to choose what fits best for her/his use.

but thats only my opinion

Cheers
B