[debian-mysql] Fwd: osmalchemy is marked for autoremoval from testing

[Dominik George]

> The mysql->mariadb switch comes with the unfortunate cost of excluding a
> few packages from stretch that require oracle's mysql.
> 
> > Do we need the tech-ctte to get this settled?
> 
> Good luck overriding the security team.

It's not about overriding the security team, it's simply about the MySQL
maintainers fixing #848616 [1] or providing reasonable amount of
information on how to migrate packages. Their claim that mariadb can
simply be used as a drop-in replacement does not hold true, and I am not
the only package maintainer stumbling over that.

This package does not require Oracle's MySQL, it requires a root user
that can authenticate to the database and use it in its entirety, a
feature which was deliberately broken in mariadb.

Unfortunately, the MySQL maintainers do not see an issue with that and
ignore threads about it on their mailing list.

So, whether a drop-in replacement in a transition should break a basic
API for everyone clearly is something for the tech-ctte to decide. I am
not talking about removing Oracle's MySQL.

-nik

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848616

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