OT: In case you've been worrying about MariaDB and F19

[SternData]

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/

Wikipedia is converting to MariaDB.

[Fernando Cassia]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven Stern
 wrote:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/
>
> Wikipedia is converting to MariaDB.

Regurgitating a December story?
http://www.zdnet.com/wikipedia-moving-from-mysql-to-mariadb-7000008912/

FC

[Matthew J. Roth]

Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Regurgitating a December story?
> http://www.zdnet.com/wikipedia-moving-from-mysql-to-mariadb-7000008912/

No, updating it.  OP's link [1] has much more recent information in it.  Here's
the first sentence:

This past Wednesday marked a milestone in the evolution of Wikimedia’s
  Database infrastructure: the completion of the migration of the English and
  German Wikipedias, as well as Wikidata, to MariaDB 5.5.

[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/:

Regards,

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven Stern
>  wrote:
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/
> >
> > Wikipedia is converting to MariaDB.
>
> Regurgitating a December story?
> http://www.zdnet.com/wikipedia-moving-from-mysql-to-mariadb-7000008912/

Not really.  Just that the migration happens in stages and as wikimedia
progresses, you get more info

Rahul

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 04/23/2013 08:10 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Steven Stern
> <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-mariadb/
> >
> > Wikipedia is converting to MariaDB.
>
> Regurgitating a December story?
> http://www.zdnet.com/wikipedia-moving-from-mysql-to-mariadb-7000008912/
>
>
> Not really.  Just that the migration happens in stages and as wikimedia
> progresses, you get more info
>
> Rahul

And this also may be interesting in the context of MariaDB:

http://www.zdnet.com/look-out-oracle-skysql-and-mariadb-join-forces-70000144...

[Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Rejy M Cyriac  wrote:
> And this also may be interesting in the context of MariaDB:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/look-out-oracle-skysql-and-mariadb-join-forces-70000144...

Basically the old founder of MySQL sold the company but now wants it back?.

Gee, I wonder what would happen when/if they piss off Oracle
completely and Oracle decides to stop MySQL development, and lay off
all programmers. On top of whose new source code will they base their
builds? Who will be hurt the most? Oracle or MariaDB?

Who developed 5.6? Oracle or MariaDB? don't answer, it's a rethorical
question...

But I see the usual troublemaking suspects are at work, encouraging
forks... and ZDNet plays its act in a predictable way... just like
they did with OO.o and LO...

All these series of stories are just regurgitating and trying to
create the perception of a 'momentum' for MariaDB and a 'decay' in
MySQL, in the hopes of seeing that happen everywhere aka whishful
thinking + self-fulfilling prophecy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-fulfilling_prophecy

Me? I'd prefer a healthy MySQL with healthy investment by Oracle, as
has been happening the last few years, rather than market and
mindhsare split in two versions of essentially the same GPLP code,
only with branding wars and FUD... just because some people do not
like the new project owner.

No, don't answer, I know what you guys are going to say...

FC

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Fernando Cassia  wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
> > And this also may be interesting in the context of MariaDB:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/look-out-oracle-skysql-and-mariadb-join-forces-70000144...
>
> Basically the old founder of MySQL sold the company but now wants it back?.

He has started a new company which appears to be doing fine.
> Gee, I wonder what would happen when/if they piss off Oracle
> completely and Oracle decides to stop MySQL development, and lay off
> all programmers. On top of whose new source code will they base their
> builds?

They aren't really dependent on the rebase for features or fixes for the
last several releases.  MariaDB 5.5 implements several features that only
appeared later in MySQL 5.6 for example.  Also MariaDB have started off
with 10.x to make it more obvious they are on a divergent path while
retaining compatibility at the protocol level

http://blog.mariadb.org/tag/mariadb-10/

Rahul