[debian-mysql] percona vs. mariadb

[Jonathan Aquilina]

In regards to percona, for what i have see all one needs to really do is
add the percona repository as the packages already exist there. What else
from the debian side would need to be done?


On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Bjoern Boschman <bjoern at boschman.de> wrote:

> 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
>
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