Percona MySQL and MariaDB in EPEL

[Marian Marinov]

Hello,
I'm planning on proposing both Percona-SQL and MariaDB packages for inclusion 
in the EPEL-5 repo. 

I wish to know would you accept these packages in EPEL if they are a 
replacement of the current mysql.

I already talked with Peter Zaitsev from Percona and he agreed. He also told 
me that they will support my efforts of including Percona-SQL into EPEL.
I also wrote to MariaDB developers mailing list to inform them about my 
intentions.

And also I need to know what would be the best way to replace the mysql 
packages? 

Which would be better Conflicts or Obsoletes when replacing the current mysql ?
I think that Obsoletes is the way to go here, since once you upgrade to either 
Percona or MariaDB you would want to coninue upgrade that package, but please 
give me some comments.


Best regards,
Marian Marinov