[debian-mysql] Bug#1057708: mariadb-plugin-provider-bzip2: It looks like mariadb-plugin-provider-bzip2 should have a strong version depencene on mariadb-server

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hi!

Currently in https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/control?ref_type=heads
we have

Package: mariadb-server
Architecture: any
Suggests: mailx,
          mariadb-test,
          netcat-openbsd
Recommends: libhtml-template-perl,
            mariadb-plugin-provider-bzip2,
            mariadb-plugin-provider-lz4,
            mariadb-plugin-provider-lzma,
            mariadb-plugin-provider-lzo,
            mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy,
            pv

and

Package: mariadb-plugin-provider-bzip2
Architecture: any
Depends: mariadb-server (>= 1:10.11.1-1),
         ${misc:Depends},
         ${shlibs:Depends}


The server recommending the plugins is a result of
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/36.

The plugin 'depends' on the server has existed from the start, and
thus the title of this bug report is misleading. You probably did
indeed run into a bug, the question is just what that bug actually
was.

In your bug report, please be specific of what was the actual bug
symptoms you encountered and what triggered it. If possible, attach a
copy-paste of the command you ran and the output.

Even better if you can provide a reproducible test case that can be
run for example in a container to prove that a specific upgrade
scenario is broken.

Keep in mind that Debian is open source and we do not provide support.
In the spirit of open source you need to participate in debugging the
issues you encounter yourself and provide detailed bug reports. If you
want somebody else to do the debugging work on behalf of you, please
contract a service provider (e.g. one listed at
https://mariadb.org/about/#service-providers).

Thanks!