[debian-mysql] Bug#1127126: mariadb: will FTBFS during forky support period

[Santiago Vila]

Note: It would be great if you could talk with upstream about this,
including what we would like to achieve, which could be summarized in
this way:

- By the time we release forky as stable, we want all the software
included in it to be buildable without changes for three years
after the release date.

(One way to look at this is to consider what I call the "desert island
test": If I take a forky DVD to a desert island with no internet
connection, I should be able to build the software for three years,
without having to update the packages).


This is, btw, why I'm a little bit skeptical about doing archive rebuilds
in 2038, when there does not seem to be a full consensus yet to remove
the time-bombs in the distribution that will explode before 2030-08.

I will probably end up doing so, as an experiment, and I would love
everybody to agree that a time bomb is always a bug, but apparently we
have not reached such point yet.

Thanks.