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

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 11/12/16 21:33, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I intend to create the file listings with a command like:
> 
> grep-aptavail -s Package -F Depends,Pre-Depends " mysql-client" | cut
> -d ' ' -f 2
> 
> ..but first verify that the result set is sensible with:
> 
> grep-aptavail -s Package,Depends -F Depends,Pre-Depends " mysql-client"
> 
> For the message I intend to use the attached template.
> 
> I will do four sets of identical filings for packages that depend on:
> - mysql-client
> - mysql-client-core-5.6
> - mysql-server
> - mysql-server-core-5.6

Any idea how many packages are we talking about?

Note some packages recommend mysql-* (and even suggest). The suggest ones
shouldn't be RC, the recommend ones should be important for now. Or just ignore
those and concentrate on dependencies and build-dependencies for now.

> The sending I'll do using mass-bug like I did last time, command:
> mass-bug --display --severity=serious --subject="switch to depend on
> the metapackage default-mysql-client" mysql-client.tmpl
> mysql-client.pkglist --send

There should be only one submission for all issues, not one for mysql-client
dependencies, one for mysql-server dependencies, etc... That's why it's better
if these go to the source packages.

Cheers,
Emilio