Proposed F19 Feature: Replace MySQL with MariaDB

[Kevin Kofler]

Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
> If the current maintainers orphan mysql anyone can pick it up including
> Oracle employees and continue it's maintenance within the distribution.
> 
> Any beef, competition or what not between Red Hat and Oracle ( or anyone
> else for that matter ) is between Red Hat and Oracle not Fedora and I
> cant imagine FESCO/Board standing in the way of Oracle wanting to
> packaging and maintain anything in the distribution unless it breaks
> some legal jargon just like everyone else.

But the fact that the packages conflict should stand in the way.

I don't see how having 2 packages which are drop-in replacements of each 
other and ship conflicting files (requiring the packages to Conflict with 
each other at RPM level) is helpful in any way. We already have too many 
Conflicts in the repository.

        Kevin Kofler