[debian-mysql] Bug#988089: Bug#988089: Bug#988089: mariadb-server: MariaDB uninstalled on dist-upgrade Debian 10 -> 11

[Olaf van der Spek]

Op vr 14 mei 2021 om 09:53 schreef Otto Kekäläinen <otto at debian.org>:
> As Faustin pointed out, Bullseye has both galera-3 and galera-4. This
> is so the distro is compatible with running whatever version of
> MariaDB you want. Galera-3 will be in Debian (and Ubuntu) repositories
> for as long as somebody is still using MariaDB 10.1-10.3.
>
> MariaDB 10.3 in Debian Buster depends on Galera 3. Thus, if you
> install Galera 4, which uninstalls Galera 3 (they cannot be installed
> at the same time on the same system as the files and commands
> overlap), and as a dependency of MariaDB 10.3 goes away it also
> uninstalls.

Not directly related, but:
Should Galera be a Depends of MariaDB? Wouldn't a Recommends or even
just a Suggests be good enough?