then in that case why not setup mysql-server as a dependency for MariaDB?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Kristian Nielsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knielsen@knielsen-hq.org">knielsen@knielsen-hq.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">Jonathan Aquilina <<a href="mailto:eagles051387@gmail.com">eagles051387@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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> it was mentioned to give a user choice as to what to use. i have seen for<br>
> instance when you install gnome aside kde it asks you what desktop manager<br>
> you want to use. Wouldnt something like that be needed in this situation?<br>
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</div>Gnome and KDE are non-conflicting, you can install both at the same time.<br>
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The situation with MariaDB and MySQL is different. MariaDB is essentially a<br>
different version of MySQL; the binaries are named the same, the libraries are<br>
named the same, it runs on the same default port, etc. So only one can be<br>
installed at a time.<br>
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In Ubuntu 9.04 for example, there is a similar situation, since they have<br>
eg. mysql-server-5.0 and mysql-server-5.1 packages, both of which "provides:"<br>
mysql-server. The situation with our MariaDB Debian packages is the same, both<br>
mariadb-server-5.1 and mysql-server-5.1 "provides:" mysql-server.<br>
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- Kristian.<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jonathan Aquilina<br>