[debian-mysql] MySQL in Jessie

[Clint Byrum]

Excerpts from Bjoern Boschman's message of 2014-09-28 03:25:48 -0700:
> > Clint Byrum <clint at fewbar.com> hat am 26. September 2014 um 20:14 geschrieben:
> > There are many people from Oracle paid to help. Otto is very willing
> > to help with MariaDB. Percona has invested time into packaging PXC.
> > Canonical employees are helping with all of them.
> >
> > Shipping just one is a great plan. But figuring out which one...
> 
> I guess noone from pkg-mysql is willing to do this decision...
> Also I am absolutely unhappy with this.
> 
> DeadRed/Fedora have made their decision towards mariadb.
> SuSE (afaik) is supporting different forks (at least maria && mysql)
> 
> Until now I always thought Debian/Ubuntu is one of the most flexible and free
> distros.
> Not only free in terms of license issues but also freedom of choice.
> 
> Do I want to use apache/lighttpd/nginx -> I can choose!
> But not when it comes to mysql forks?
> 

I agree with you Bjoern. However, apache, lighttpd, and nginx, are
not forks. They are their own implementations with pro's and cons and
communities all their own. These forks have been quite similar for a
while, so it is understandable that they might be mistaken for similar
enough to "just pick one".

MariaDB is only just now becoming a real fork, having diverged enough
with 10.0 that they're not willing to guarantee compatibility anymore.

Percona is and likely always will be a derivative, but the Galera features
make it a worthwhile one to ship.

And Oracle continues to improve MySQL at a rapid pace. Unlike RedHat,
who has to compete directly with Oracle, we are just competing for pieces
of peoples' spare time or funding from the likes of Oracle.

I do think that the folks that want to keep their fork in the stable
release should probably get on the path to DM fast. I have less and less
spare time for DD work these days, and I don't see more DD's than we
have now stepping up.