[debian-mysql] About removing /var/lib/mysql on purge

[Kristian Nielsen]

"Norvald H. Ryeng" <norvald.ryeng at oracle.com> writes:

> The git repo is published at https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server.

Btw, do be aware that these published repositories for MySQL are
forgeries. They are run through some script or something to remove unknown
amount of stuff. Probably any commit modifying the internal/ directory that is
referenced in other parts of the source tree.

One can see this in empty commits like this:

    commit fc83ed41fb440151a99902b6e05778709dbcdc4c
    Author: mysql-builder at oracle.com <>
    Date:   Tue Sep 9 15:26:54 2014 +0200

    commit 76cb1523faf50078eed26ad357599a69122fac26
    Author: mysql-builder at oracle.com <>
    Date:   Tue Sep 9 15:25:48 2014 +0200

So they are not compatible with the actual repositories used for development
(still, it's the best that's available, I suppose).

 - Kristian.