MariaDB: Packagers needed

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Tue Oct 30 02:23:24 UTC 2012


On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 19:03 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:08:03PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 23:31 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > > Sven Lankes wrote:
> > > > mariadb will need to conflict with the default mysql packages
> > > > which is usually not allowed in fedora. So this is going to
> > > > be interesting.
> > > 
> > > Uh, conflicting with MySQL is really a no go (just look at how many things 
> > > require mysql-libs, and even mysql-server is required for Akonadi, and 
> > > mysql-embedded or Amarok), why isn't the fork renaming its stuff? If the 
> > > idea is to be a 100% compatible drop-in replacement, then Fedora needs to 
> > > make a choice whether to ship Oracle's MySQL or MariaDB and then stick to 
> > > it.
> > 
> > Well, we could also take the approach we take with MTAs; have a set of
> > generic virtual Provides for MySQL-alikes and have all the MySQL-alikes
> > we package Provide these, as well as Providing their own specific name,
> > and conflict with each other. Just like postfix, qmail and sendmail all
> > Provide: smtpd and conflict with each other. It would be some packaging
> > effort, but it would resolve the issue cleanly. This would fly so long
> > as it's expected that there will be a long-term future for the
> > 'MySQL-alike' world in which we have multiple competing implementations
> > that are mutually compatible for many client apps. I'm not involved
> > enough in the area to know if that's true.
> >
> Actually... the MTAs don't conflict with each other.

oh, they use alternatives? My bad, I never actually tried installing
multiple ones.
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