On 02/03/2013 06:24 PM, Pavel Alexeev wrote:
01.02.2013 00:42, James Hogarth wrote:
> I'd still say yes since the context of this discussion is mysql 5.5 to
> mariadb 5.5 and nothing to do with mysql 5.6 and the time for mariadb
> 10/11 to become fully compatible to what's brought to the table in
> that which was the relevant discussion in those blog posts...
>
> And if someone is using upstream themselves they are responsible to
> manage that ... and assuming the versioned obsoletes is used as
> discussed yesterday then there would be no accidental overwrite and
> compatibility if mysql-5.6 is on the system and the admin updated
> without thinking...
Is it really hard maintain both? May be it have worth also package and
support Percona with XtraDB?
The question of maintaining both will be probably re-evaluate in the
future again, there may be some new opinions for any way.
Speaking about XtraDB -- MariaDB includes this engine so feel free to
test it.
Honza