[debian-mysql] Bug#1074670: amarok: FTBFS: unsatisfiable build-dependency: libmariadb-dev (= 1:10.11.8-1) but 1:11.4.2-1 is to be installed

[Pino Toscano]

Source: amarok
Followup-For: Bug #1074670
X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
Control: reassign -1 src:mariadb mariadb/1:11.4.2-1
Control: retitle -1 please build again the embedded server, needed by amarok
Control: affects -1 + src:amarok

Hi,

this dependency issue happens because the upload of mariadb 1:11.4.2-1
drops the embedded server [1] with not exactly clear reasons:
| * Stop building the embedded server to save disk space

The embedded server is needed by Amarok, newly reintroduced into the
Debian archive. Strictly speaking, Amarok can be built without the
embedded server, however it will require a real MySQL/MariaDB server
available and usable, which is not exactly the best experience for
"desktop users".

Hence: dear MariaDB packagers, please reintroduce the embedded server
in Debian, thanks.

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1540944/accepted-mariadb-11142-1-source-amd64-all-into-unstable/

Thanks,
-- 
Pino