[debian-mysql] Introducing default-mysql-* metapackages

[Robie Basak]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 09:00:37AM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> So again I urge you to revert the decision to introduce yet another
> change in the Build-Depends for >= 300 packages and just use the
> libmysqlclient-dev package to be the "default".

Sorry, I disagree. The situation with MariaDB needing to ship
libmysqlclient.so is broken. I'd prefer to restrict this insanity to the
-compat package only.

This way:

  * The insanity only slips further to the defaults- package but no further.

  * Packages that don't have to be involved don't get dragged in.

  * The "shoulds" in package naming in Debian policy (8.1/8.4) are met.

Robie