Yum plugin for prioritize providers [was Re: Fwd: MariaDB replacing MySQL]

[Kevin Kofler]

Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 18.03.2013 20:55, schrieb James Antill:
>>  This means users can't choose between the mysql's if they want to, so
>> if we do this it'd be much easier to just say "we'll only have a single
>> `mysql' in Fedora" and then we'd just have to add one more obsolete to
>> mariadb and everything works perfectly.
> 
> and why is this not happening instead a lot of workarounds and
> hacks in SPEC files and mangle sonames which makes anything related
> to mysql ar whatever fork-name ugly at all?

+1

In light of the issues that have come up, can the decision of continuing to 
ship MySQL in Fedora PLEASE be revisited? Just having MariaDB Obsolete it 
for good really makes everyone's life easier. There is just no practical way 
to ship both.

        Kevin Kofler