[debian-mysql] Bug#930445: ITP: odbc-mariadb -- ODBC driver for MariaDB

[Bernhard Schmidt]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Bernhard Schmidt <berni at debian.org>

* Package name    : odbc-mariadb
  Version         : 3.1.1
* URL             : https://downloads.mariadb.org/connector-odbc/
* License         : LGPL-v2.1
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : ODBC driver for MariaDB

This package provides a driver that allows ODBC-enabled applications to
access MariaDB databases, possibly MySQL databases as well.  ODBC is an
abstraction layer that allows applications written for that layer to access
databases in a manner that is relatively independent of the particular database
management system.

I have been running a locally whipped up package of this for years.  AFAICT
there is no releasable MySQL/MariaDB ODBC connector in testing anymore since
before stretch, when src:myodbc was dropped due to RC bugs. This needed
updating anyway so I'm going to clean it up and propose for inclusion.

I need this for our Asterisk-based PBX because nowadays the native database
functions are going away and are being replaced with ODBC.

I will gladly hand over the package to the MySQL/MariaDB maintainer group if
they want to (CCed)

Bernhard