[debian-mysql] Bug#852776: Bug#852776: mariadb-server-10.1: init script doesn't specify it should be started prior to apache2 etc

[Julian Gilbey]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 02:46:39PM +0200, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Affects: mysql-5.7
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Thanks for the report. The same lines are also in
> https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-mysql/mysql.git/tree/debian/rules#n215
> Git history shows the line is inherited way back from 5.5 times.
> 
> As MariaDB and MySQL and functionally equvalent, we try to keep their
> packaging identical as much as possible. If the packages divert, then
> the amount of testing/maintenance increases.
>
> This is a change that should be done in both packages at the same
> time, to avoid a situation that the change is reintroduced later when
> somebody maintaining MariaDB compares to MySQL packages and copies
> over these lines to unify assumed packaging differences.

That makes sense.  And this is really not an urgent issue - certainly
not needed before stretch release.

Also, I'll try to modify my postrm/... patch for mysql-5.7 and submit
a pull request on that, too.  I assume it's on your github account
likewise?

Best wishes,

   Julian