[debian-mysql] MySQL.. no.. _I_ need your help!

[Ondřej Surý]

I know I will regret this decision later (as I did many times after
joing the PHP pkg team), but I offer my help to join the team and
maintain mysql-5.5, mysql-5.6 (which I have already packaged in my PPAs)
and mariadb (which I have already offered help).

For my sanity I would like to start with migration to git, as I am not
willing to maintain anything in svn. I value myself too much.

O.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013, at 17:32, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Greetings earthlings,
> 
> As some of you may know, I've been doing the bulk of the package
> maintenance on the mysql package for a while now. It started as part of
> my day job with Canonical, but since leaving Canonical it has been more
> a labor of love for Debian.
> 
> I have love for other things too, such as my children, and seeing the
> sun shine every once in a while. Thus, I have found almost no time for
> packaging MySQL for Debian.
> 
> I am asking you, the Debian developers, to step up and help. I am
> basically unable to contribute more than an hour a month now. There is a
> new round of secret CVE bugs to fix, and some old bugs that need to be
> handled. I think my October hour is about to be available, so I might
> be able to address those, but after that, if I don't get any more help,
> I'm done.
> 
> What can you do to help?
> 
> - Raise your hand and say you'll help
> - Perhaps help us do this right (I suspect I should have an RFH bug)
> - Join #debian-mysql on OFTC
> - Join the alioth team and request svn access
> - Triage bugs (src:mysql-5.5 and for oldstable src:mysql-5.1)
> - Help package the latest patch releases from Oracle
> - Help with MariaDB (James Page and Otto, thanks for doing this btw!)
> - Help us migrate to git
> 
> Now, all of that said, please do not just pick up the package and run
> off and do a bunch of things without first letting us know you're doing
> it. There are people quietly working on some long term interesting
> things and you may be duplicating or diverging heavily from their work.
> 
> 
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