[debian-mysql] mysql-defaults into unstable?

[Robie Basak]

Hi Otto!

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:07:48AM +0300, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Due to sickness and too much other work etc this got a bit delayed, so
> the weeks didn't go as planned, but I have now uploaded mysql-defaults
> to unstable and a new mariadb-10.0 and mariadb-connector-c that fixes
> some bugs that were discovered when the packages were in experimental.

Thank you for proceeding with this.

> should then start mass bug filing. Do you think we should also try to
> get a new rule into Lintian about this? Then packages that want to
> depend explicitly on non-default can add a Lintian exception to
> document why they don't depend on the mysql-defaults provided package,
> and any new package maintainer would automatically see the info about
> the mysql-defaults usage policy, so the we are less likely to need to
> manually file new bugs in the future?

This is a great idea. Agreed!

> Ubuntu freeze is tomorrow. I think it is OK and safe to import
> everything in unstable at the moment. The transition in the dependant
> packages has not really started yet, so nothing affects Ubuntu in that
> regard yet. This will have an effect on Ubuntu in the yakkety+1
> release, and I suggest we devote an UDS session to this topic. But
> there is plenty of time before yaketty+1. Let's now focus on getting
> everything smooth in Debian first.

OK.

Robie