[debian-mysql] [MBF] mysql meta-packages

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 28/11/16 22:36, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 27/11/16 12:26, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> On 26/11/16 20:27, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
>>> Ok, I found the command 'build-rdeps libmysqlclient-dev' and I am
>>> using it instead to file bugs against source packages only.
>>
>> Thank you Otto. It would be nice to add a usertag to those bugs, e.g.
>>
>> user pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
>> usertag NNN default-libmysqlclient
>>
>> so that we get a nice report page to track progress.
>>
>> BTW packages that (build-)depend on mysql-client/server also need to switch
>> those dependencies, right? Maybe we need bugs for those as well (or the current
>> bugs need to mention that).
> 
> See e.g.
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845169#10
> 
> We should file bugs for those cases, at least for the build-dependencies (there
> are very few cases according to
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/build-depends-on-obsolete-package.html )

BTW can you bump the bugs to severity serious, and mention the
mysql-{client,server} (build-)dependencies while at it?

Also any thoughts on making mariadb-{client,server} provide
mysql-{client,server} to ease the transition?

Cheers,
Emilio