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

[Robert Silén]

Thank you Daniel for replying to Otto!

Robert


On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 5:05 AM Daniel Black <daniel at mariadb.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
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