[debian-mysql] MySQL in Jessie

[Adam D. Barratt]

[fixing team at security.d.o CC]

On 2014-08-26 10:05, Bjoern Boschman wrote:
> there are already several patches prepared to start mysql-5.6
> transition for sid [0].

It's rather late for that - as per 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/12/msg00008.html , 
the deadline for accepting new transitions is now less than two weeks 
away.

[...]
> We, generally speaking of pkg-mysql, would favour shipping different
> mysql-forks starting of jessie. This would include oracle-mysql,
> mariadb, percona-xtradb-cluster, percona-xtradb-cluster-galera.

In general, we (the release team at least, and I believe the security 
team; please confirm) would prefer _fewer_ forks, not more - 
particularly when at least some of those forks aren't in testing yet 
(possibly not even in unstable).

> Therefor my fellow collegues have introduced virtual-mysql packages 
> [1].
> 
> Hopefully this helps?

Unfortunately, it's actively _un_helpful. The virtual packages lie about 
what they provide, which makes builds fail when the mariadb packages are 
installed; see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759309 
for an example.

This makes the buildd maintainers and, by extension, the release team, 
unhappy.

Regards,

Adam