[debian-mysql] Bug#857444: mysql-server-5.5: upgrade from jessie to stretch leaves mysql server uninstalled

[Gabriel Filion]

Ugh, I fail at reportbug again :(

real sorry about the initial report.

here's the real description of the problem:


when upgrading from jessie to stretch, the upgrade goes through without
an error but the end result is that mysql-server-5.5 gets removed and
mysql is not running anymore.

stretch is supposed to push ppl towards mariadb according to the (still
work in progress) release notes, however mariadb doesn't get installed.

There is no mysql-server, mysql-server-* or mysql-client-* packages in
stretch so I believe this to be the source of the issue.

One can fix the problem either by adding default-mysql-server before
upgrading or after. however this poses a problem:

 * before the upgrade, the default-mysql-server package is only
available in jessie-backports
 * after the upgrade, you've gotten no notice at all about what's
happening and why the mysql server is not running and not upgraded.

One way to make this an easier transition would be to have a
mysql-server package in stretch that's a dummy package that depends on
default-mysql-server, and that has an upgrade notice about the
transition to mariadb that is happening.

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