[debian-mysql] Bug#1026353: mariadb-server: mariadb does not start after bullseye point release 11.6

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Upstream closed https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-30092 as not a
bug in the sense that users need to fix their TLS configuration and
there is not anything the server should do differently at this point.

This was also related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.3/+bug/1997916
and https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-29811


Note that latest version of MariaDB in Debian
unstable/testing/Bookworm is 10.11.2. You might want to consider
testing it.

If you want to contribute in the open source way to fix this or any
other issue, see
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/wikis/Contributing-to-MariaDB-packaging-in-Debian
on how to submit a Merge Request!


If you have time to help, please consider these (in order of importance):

1. Review current open MRs at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests

2. Review items highlighted by Debian QA systems (Lintian, builds etc)
and submit a fix to improve the quality:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mariadb

3. Review what testing we have at
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/pipelines and
think about potential gaps - CI is very important as it is the only
way we can prevent regressions in a scalable way

4. Review/follow-up on existing bugs that currently need more
information: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=mariadb&src=mariadb-10.6&src=mariadb-10.5&src=mariadb-10.3&src=mariadb-10.1

MariaDB and C++ skills are useful, but not required. For example
reviewing the NEWS for 10.11 requires no coding skills:
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/37


My request for help from debian-devel in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/02/msg00272.html did not
get many responses, so the future of this package depends on how
active the users and people who previously reported bugs are in
participating in the maintenance of the package.

- Otto