[debian-mysql] Offering mysql-5.5 as an option in squeeze-lts

[Clint Byrum]

Excerpts from PICCORO McKAY Lenz's message of 2015-10-02 07:03:56 -0700:
> many packages are compile linket around mysql 5.1 api and mysql 5.5
> changes a little, this i thing may cause some problems
> 
> if this happened some packages must be also backported/updated
> 
> same behavior with php 5.3 vs 5.4

The API has not changed, it is only ABI incompatible. So if things get
rebuilt with the new library they will find the new one and update
dependencies. Nobody is removing the 5.1 libmysqlclient.