[debian-mysql] Bug#853972: Bug#853972: mariadb-10.1: upgrading from mysql-5.7 renders old data inaccessible with no option to abort

[Julian Gilbey]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 10:40:48PM +0200, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> 2017-02-02 18:19 GMT+02:00 Julian Gilbey <jdg at debian.org>:
> > Scenario: I have mysql-server-5.7 installed, and decide to install
> > mysql-default-server or mariadb-server or mariadb-server-10.1.
> >
> > What happens: The mariadb-server-10.1 preinst tells me (lines 114
> > onwards):
> 
> [...]
> 
> In Stretch we have at play MySQL 5.5, MariaDB 10.0 and MariaDB 10.1.

AFAIK, the aim is to have MySQL 5.7 in stretch.  At the moment, no
mysql-server package is in testing.

Best wishes,

   Julian