MySQL and MariaDB in Fedora

[Tom Lane]

Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> writes:
> Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
>> If I installed mysql and have been running mysql then upgrade I expect
>> the upgrade process to pick up the latest mysql we ship upgraded to that
>> and I will be continuing to run mysql not be magically moved to fork of
>> it mariadb.

> Sorry, but the point of the MariaDB feature is that MariaDB will be the 
> default for everyone. Just like how LibreOffice replaced OpenOffice.org, 
> Calligra replaced KOffice, X.Org X11 replaced XFree86 etc.

It's worth pointing out here that the Oracle folk are intent on pushing
that package to mysql 5.6 ASAP.  (Honza and I have been recommending to
them that they wait till the F20 timeframe, just to reduce the amount of
change happening in F19, but in any case it's coming pretty darn soon.)
At that point mariadb 5.5 will actually be the lesser-change option for
people currently using mysql 5.5.  So I don't find Jóhann's
argument terribly convincing.  There is no no-change update path on the
table, and the path that we are making the default requires less change
than the other one.  So that seems to me to be the right thing;
arguments based on the name of the package are pretty off-topic.

			regards, tom lane