[debian-mysql] Bug#852102: mysql-defaults: please provide a default-libmysqld-dev

[Pino Toscano]

Source: mysql-defaults
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

just like there is default-libmysqlclient-dev for the default version
of the client libraries, it would be nice to have also a new
default-libmysqld-dev for the default version of the embedded server
library.

I see that basically src:amarok would be the only consumer of it in the
Debian archive -- nevertheless, having such package will fix in that
source (hopefully) once and for all the (build-)dependencies on the
default MySQL version (right now there's libmariadbd-dev in B-D).

Attached a simple patch for this -- feel free to improve the
description of it, similar to what default-libmysqlclient-dev provides.

Thanks,
-- 
Pino
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--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -110,3 +110,18 @@ Description: MySQL database development
  libmysqlclient.so.X or libmariadbclient.so.X depending on the current default.
  dpkg-shlibdeps should correctly generate a dependency on libmysqlclientX or
  libmariadbclientX as appropriate.
+
+Package: default-libmysqld-dev
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends:
+ libmariadbd-dev,
+ ${misc:Depends}
+Description: MySQL embedded database development files (metapackage)
+ MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database
+ server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query
+ language in the world. The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and
+ ease of use.
+ .
+ This package depends on the default implementation of the embedded server
+ library development and header files.