Fwd: MariaDB replacing MySQL

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/14/2013 05:03 AM, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
> 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 ?
>
Anything under /usr/local (except of the basic directory layout) is 
supposed to be 100% under a user's control and not to be touched by 
distributions.

Somewhat oversimplified, this means /usr/local is off-limits of Fedora, 
no exceptions allowed.

Ralf