[debian-mysql] About packages that depend on mysql-* / mariadb / virtual-mysql-*

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2016-06-01 20:03 GMT+03:00 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org>:
>>> I have already documented it here:
>>> https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MySQL/virtual-mysql-server
>>
>> Any progress on this? Have you already filed bugs?
>
> #815567 shows that virtual-mysql-server does not help with Build-Depends.

Yes, we started discussing if an additional metapackage really is
needed or not, but that didn't end in a clear conclusion.

The main point in that bug is the version string, and I offered that I
can bake a mariadb-server-core package that always depends on the
latest package, at the moment mariadb-server-core-10.0. The
alternative would be to have default-mysql-server-core that depends on
mariadb-server-core-10.0. So we could do without new metapackages and
utilize the already existing virtual-mysql-* scheme.

>>> 2. mysql-common and configuration
>>> 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.
>>
>> I guess this is still pending?
>
> I prepared a prototype for a separate mysql-common package (and
> default-* packages) at
> git://git.debian.org/git/users/anbe/tmp/mysql-defaults.git
> but so far nobody had time to review it.

I didn't know you've done it. I'll review it now.