[debian-mysql] percona vs. mariadb

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2013/3/7 Bjoern Boschman <bjoern at boschman.de>:
> 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.

+1

This plan sounds like what I had in mind too.

- Otto