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

[Andreas Hasenack]

Hi,

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 3:26 AM Otto Kekäläinen <otto at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks Andreas for the summary!
>
> Currently 10.6.7 has diverged from Debian in Ubuntu both for Jammy and Kinetic:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.6

I wasn't paying attention to the jammy delta, it looks like it was
just a sync from experimental, but they didn't want to have a package
with "exp" in the release suffix?


>
> I will import the Jammy changes and clean up / sync them when
> preparing the upcoming 10.6.8 stable release update for Jammy.
>
> I hope you can take ownership of the delta you introduced in Kinetic
> and take care of Sid->Kinetic imports until you've decided the best
> long-term fix that can live in Debian packaging too (maybe some if
> clause in debian/rules?) and get rid of the delta so that Ubuntu can
> continue with automatic imports.

Sure, I'll find the best way and ask for feedback.