MariaDB replacing MySQL

[Reindl Harald]

Am 11.03.2013 19:12, schrieb Honza Horak:
> On 03/09/2013 07:20 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> and why in the world is this not solved more pragmatically?
>>
>> my conslusion is
>> * MariaDB will replace mysql as default
>> * any package will be linked against mariadb
>> * Oracle MySQL should only provide the server and not the client-tools
> 
> This doesn't solve all the issues -- if package like akonadi-mysql says "Requires: mysql-server", then Oracle MySQL
> either wouldn't satisfy that requirement or (in case it includes "Provides: mysql-server") RPM choosing behavior
> would be ambiguous.

so you can not have both in Fedora

>> so why is MariaDB not obsoleting mysql without all
>> this versioning tricks and "mysql-oracle" installs
>> the server under "/usr/local/mysql-oracle/" and
>> provides a "mysql-oracle.service"?
> 
> This is simply not possible in Fedora:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_Files_or_Directories_under_.2Fsrv.2C_.2Fopt.2C_or_.2Fusr.2Flocal

so you can not have both in Fedora

do the switch to mariadb or leave things as they where instead
create problems afters problems or leave mysql untouched at all

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