Fwd: MariaDB replacing MySQL

Thu Mar 14 04:03:10 UTC 2013

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Honza Horak <hhorak at redhat.com> wrote:
>> 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

Should an exception be allowed - or is the rule so rigid ?