[debian-mysql] Please don't fork MariaDB packaging in Ubuntu

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hello!

I noticed that MariaDB packaging got "forked" in Ubuntu:
https://patches.ubuntu.com/m/mariadb-10.6/mariadb-10.6_1:10.6.7-3ubuntu1.patch

It was due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.6/+bug/1970634
that wasn't reported upstream or discussed on this list. If wasn't
tested on https://launchpad.net/~mysql-ubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/mariadb-10.6/+builds?build_text=&build_state=all
nor it is submitter to
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server or tested on the
CI in Debian. Even if you think that the fix is so small that it
should never go to Debian, the security updates of Focal flow from
Debian and there should be some effort to avoid duplicate or extra
work, which forks easily lead to.

I request you to not just silently fix/fork stuff in Ubuntu, but
rather work with the upstreams you inherit software/packaging from.

Thanks!

- Otto