[debian-mysql] FWD [Re: Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade]

[Ondřej Surý]

You don't have to run apt-get upgrade first. Just running apt install 
default-mysql-server should do the job.


On 29 April 2017 22:30:40 Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As a starter, I have been mixing 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade'
> in my previous e-mails. Of course one always runs 'apt-get update'
> before anything, I always meant 'apt(-get) upgrade' where 'update' is
> mentioned. The release-notes propose to upgrade in two steps, first with
> apt-get upgrade and then apt-get dist-upgrade. @Otto, did you also mean
> the two step when you talked about "The upgrade has been
> designed to work correctly by simply running 'apt-get update' and
> 'apt-get dist-upgrade'" or did you really mean upgrading in one step?
>
> On 29-04-17 21:38, Ondřej Surý wrote:
>> Andreas,
>>
>> I believe that your observation is in fact correct and the `apt-get
>> dist-upgrade` path will not upgrade mysql-5.5 to mariadb-10.1 if no
>> other package depends on default-mysql-server.
>>
>> I had this conversation with Robbie when default-mysql-server was
>> introduced, and I argued that it would be much simpler to reuse the
>> original mysql-server name, but I wasn't able to convince him that
>> 'mysql-server' should install mariadb-server-10.1, and there's a grain
>> of truth that people might expect to have Oracle's MySQL server
>> installed when they install 'mysql-server' package, so I stopped
>> pursuing the matter.
>>
>> I don't think there's a better way how to approach the issue than in the
>> release note so deep in the freeze.
>
> Ack.
>
>> What we could do (with the blessing of the release team) - is to
>> introduce the default-mysql-server into the jessie where it would just
>> simply mimic the existing setup, e.g. default-mysql-server would depend
>> on mysql-server and default-mysql-client would depend on mysql-client.
>> People could be then recommended to install default-mysql-server and
>> default-mysql-client prior to jessie->stretch upgrade, and in turn
>> having a smooth upgrade experience because mariadb-server-10.1 would
>> then installed during apt-get dist-upgrade step.
>
> Sounds like a plan. But still, would my proposal for the text in the
> release-notes not achieving nearly this without changes required in
> jessie? My proposal being: run apt-get upgrade, apt-get install
> default-mysql-server, apt-get dist-upgrade. I must admit I haven't
> tested this and there may be issues I don't see.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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