[debian-mysql] [Summary] Request for release team decision on MySQL and MariaDB

[Niels Thykier]

Otto Kekäläinen:
> Hello!
> 
> As the principal maintainer of MariaDB server packaging in Debian I
> should probably also chip in here.
> 

Hi,

Thanks for your input.

 * Re: Meeting time - I have noted 19:00 UTC tomorrow in my calender.
 * I will cut this very short as I am out of time.

> [... Suggestions / Information / etc. ...]

Don't claim to have read and fully digested all of it.  But certainly
appreciate the different angles and technical merits of MariaDB and MySQL.

> 
> If you want to see an increased shift towards MariaDB we could mass
> file bugs against packages that have "Depends: mysql-server |
> virtual-mysql-server" to switch to "Depends: mariadb-server |
> virtual-mysql-server" so that the "Debian default" would be MariaDB

From my PoV, this would be very helpful if the default was changed.

> [...]

Thanks,
~Niels



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