[debian-mysql] Request for Feedback: Contacting MariaDB and MySQL packagers

[Daniel Black]

Hi Otto et al,


> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Otto Kekäläinen <otto at debian.org>
> Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Your tips to MariaDB?
> To: Robert Silén <robert.silen at mariadb.org>
> Cc: Debian MySQL Maintainers <pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>
>
> Hi Robert (+Debian MariaB/MySQL mailing list)!
>
> > Hello package maintainers,
> >
> > thank you for your work with Debian, deepin and Devuan. We are reaching out to package maintainers from MariaDB Foundation to inquire if you are content with MariaDB. Do you have any tips or feedback on how we at the Foundation could support effective or better packaging of MariaDB?
> ...
>
> Thanks for reaching out!
>
> The Debian packaging maintained at
> https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server has had tens of
> contributors over the years, but I am the only person consistently
> taking care of it, so I guess I'll reply on behalf of Debian (and also
> Ubuntu, Devuan, Deepin, and also Apertis you sent an email about to
> this same mailing list).
>
> MariaDB packaging in Debian and the derivates has been pretty stable
> over the past years. The fact that the maintenance policy is public
> and consistent at https://mariadb.org/about/#maintenance-policy is
> nice. Also seeing pre-annoucements like
> https://lists.mariadb.org/hyperkitty/list/developers@lists.mariadb.org/thread/OMIWL7ULOLX5QGEHNK7W2DYERTPQQHMU/
> will help with making maintenance updates quickly and consistently.

Oh good. Turns out I was a touch early because some merges weren't up
to the right location so I hope it didn't cause inconvenience.


> I don't have any particular "tips" from Debian perspective as you
> requested, but to ensure that Debian maintenance remains easy going
> forward, I would appreciate it if upstream was slightly faster in
> reviewing and perhaps also accepting submissions so that the number of
> patches carried in Debian could decrease.

> See patch files in
> https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/tree/debian/latest/debian/patches
> or the table https://udd.debian.org/patches.cgi?src=mariadb&version=1%3A11.4.3-1
> of the same patches.

Happy to take the hurd ones.


pam/systemd path:

does : pkg-config --variable=systemd_system_unit_dir systemd
show the right install paths?

pam - can't find equivalent - suggestions welcome

Are there impacts for MariaDB packages on older debs to apply your
patch for 11.6+?


MDEV-34195 Make compile_time_assert compatible with x32 (Closes: #1063738)
looks fine


MDEV-19734 - optimizations - still a rabbit hole of testing vs
reliability, that I'm not equipped enough yet to answer.
(and I'm sure there's far too many opinions)




> If there is a shortage of reviewers, perhaps
> invite other distro maintainers to review the submissions, as those
> other distros are likely to benefit from the same fixes landing
> upstream?
>
> If the MariaDB Foundation has people available, it would also be good
> to get some help in triaging and possibly even closing bug reports in
> Debian at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=yes&src=mariadb

timezone - getting closer

sam took the systemd as patch to us. Thinking its a systemd fault
(that I caused) due to unhandled case


#1058706
mariadb-server-core: mariadbd fails to start on fresh install on armel
- looks like kernel uring problem. Disable at compile time on this
platform would be my suggestion


> and Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb
>

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb/+bug/2038500
- upstream bug fixed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb/+bug/2034125
- fail to stop - (in time). not enough info.