[debian-mysql] factoring out mysql-common (was: Re: About packages that depend on mysql-* / mariadb / virtual-mysql-*)

[Andreas Beckmann]

[ dropping debian-release@ and pochu@ ]
[ please keep me Cc:ed ]

On 2016-04-11 22:38, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> 2. mysql-common and configuration
> 
> Both packages mysql-5.6 and mariadb-10.0 use mysql-common from
> mysql-5.6. It will be split into a separate source package that is
> independent of the mysql-5.6 source package (or any later version).
> 
> Andreas B: Can you make an action point to yourself about issue 2? It
> would help a lot if I am not alone responsible of implementing all
> requested changes.

Here we go:

git://git.debian.org/git/users/anbe/tmp/mysql-defaults.git

* needs some Uploaders to be added
* maybe debian/copyright could be reduced, probably several people in
there never touched mysql-common
* maybe needs some bugs to be closed

the mysql-5.6 git repo is not up-to-date, otherwise I would have
provided a commit for removal of mysql-common


Andreas

PS: and you get default-mysql-{client,server}{,core} for free ;-)