[debian-mysql] Bug#981195: mysql-5.7: should mysql-5.7 be removed from Debian unstable?

[Robie Basak]

forcemerge 969095 981195
thanks

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 03:11:40PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> While mysql-5.7 is already not present in testing, I wonder if the
> mysql-5.7 package should be alltogether removed in the Debian archives
> as well from unstable.

Agreed. We already have a bug to track this.

> Removeing cannot be done straight, because of 
> 
> Checking reverse dependencies...
> # Broken Build-Depends:
> myodbc: libmysqlclient-dev (>= 5.5.17)
> pytest-services: mysql-testsuite-5.7

libmysqlclient-dev is now provided by src:mysql-8.0, so myodbc isn't a
blocker. pytest-services is a blocker, and I filed bug 971670 for that
and marked it as blocking the mysql-5.7 removal bug, but have received
no response.
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