[debian-mysql] MariaDB 10.9 no longer version suffixed Debian package names (Re: MariaDB 10.6 for Debian packaged)

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hi!

Upstream merged https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/1973 a couple
days ago, so from MariaDB 10.9 onwards, the Debian package names are
no longer versioned.

Great work Tuukka! Next we just need to iron out any remaining bugs
and interaction issues.



On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:23 AM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 08:29:33AM -0700, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> > Yes, there has been discussions to drop the version specific suffixes.
> > They have been in the packaging since the start (inherited from MySQL)
> > but I rarely hear people using them. I think there was a Debian bug
> > and/or upstream MDEV about this effort, but can't find it right now.
>
> We have in the past simultaneously carried two versions, in Ubuntu at
> least, in a single release. However I don't think this is a good idea
> and want to avoid doing it again, so I agree that for both MySQL and
> MariaDB, ideally most the binary packages names would not be versioned
> any more.
>
> The exceptions would have to be the ones that ship shared objects (eg.
> libmysqlclient20 and MariaDB equivalents) and therefore also the source
> package name. But even keeping those, the naming for all the other
> packages could become significantly simpler, and that would help with
> keeping the Conflicts relationships between MySQL and MariaDB packaging
> correct.
>
> IOW, it would be a good change to make, and I don't believe there are
> any blockers to doing it. I also can't think of any reason why MySQL and
> MariaDB packaging couldn't do this independently (ie. one does not need
> to wait for the other).