[debian-mysql] MySQL server and client virtual packages

[James Page]

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Hi Fellow Devel's

Over the last 6 months, we have introduced a few new MySQL variants
into Debian and expanded the use of the existing (but never formalized
AFAICT) virtual-mysql-* virtual packages to supporting switching
in/out the different variants.

The wider intent is that all maintainers of packages that depend on
mysql-server or mysql-client are encouraged to add as alternative
dependencies the virtual packages virtual-mysql-server[1] or
virtual-mysql-client[2].

This will enable the alternative MariaDB and Percona packages to
satisfy the dependency. MySQL 5.5, MariaDB 5.5 and PXC 5.5 are all
binary-compatible and most likely to work with any program that
currently uses MySQL in Debian. If you prefer some of the non-Oracle
versions of MySQL, you can even default to one of them using syntax
like for example 'Depends: mariadb-server | virtual-mysql-server'.

Regards

James

[1] https://packages.debian.org/sid/virtual-mysql-server
[2] https://packages.debian.org/sid/virtual-mysql-client

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James Page
Ubuntu and Debian Developer
james.page at ubuntu.com
jamespage at debian.org
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