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

[Stefan Fritsch]

Hi,

I have some questions regarding compatibility of the client libraries:

For apache2 (via apr-util), common configurations have the sql server is 
running on a different machine, and possibly OS, than the web server. It is 
therefore fairly important that apr-util still works with mysql as sql server.

Are the mariadb client libraries compatible with current mysql servers? If 
yes, it is expected that this changes in the future or does mariadb work to 
stay compatible? If no, are there any plans to make libmariadbclient-dev  and 
libmysqlclient-dev co-installable so that apr-util could build one driver for 
mariadb and one for myqsl?

Cheers,
Stefan