MySQL and MariaDB in Fedora

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 04/14/2013 03:11 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.

Convincing this is about doing the right thing!

I your intention was to ban mysql in the distribution then it should 
have been banned and dropped instead of this mess that you guys have 
created.

JBG