[debian-mysql] Bug#793316: transition: mysql-5.6

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2015-07-23 13:15 GMT+03:00 Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com>:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:59:15AM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> Didn't we agree that we would release Stretch with only mariadb? When do you
>> plan to start working on that so we can drop mysql-* from testing?
>
> No, that was never agreed. I'm looking after the mysql-* packaging at
> the moment (with help from Andreas - thanks!), and have no plans to drop
> mysql-* from testing (only mysql-5.5, to be replaced by mysql-5.6).

The agreement of the pkg-mysql-maint team, both as stated and as
executed, has been that Oracle MySQL, MariaDB and maybe also Percona
can exist in the Debian repositories side by side, and for now at
least they all have a significant user base and providing them is
aligned with the general Debian mission to be the biggest and most
universal distro.

The wish of the release team and security team has been to keep just
one MySQL variant. If such a decision is made, it must be made above
the pkg-mysql-maint team as the team will never be able to agree which
favourite is the best one.

After Clint's MySQL 5.7 advertisement I am tempted to present what I
like feature wise in MariaDB (in current and upcoming versions), but
let's not start such an discussion, as this is not the time or place
for such a contest. Let's just be happy that we have Free Software
based options and competition that drives innovation forward for
everybody.

- Otto