Changes to make MySQL vs. MariaDB less confusing

[James Hogarth]

On 22 August 2013 08:27, Bjorn Munch <bjorn.munch at oracle.com> wrote:

>
> Yes we are! Sorry for the long silence. The window for F19 closed so
> it became less urgent, then I had vacation, was sick, then others here
> were on vacation but we're all here now and I shall be uploading new
> packages with MySQL 5.6.13 very soon. They are already ready
> internally, but I need to do some final checks and a scratch build. I
> was indeed planning to do that today anyway.
>
> I will get back with more details later.
>
>
It's this sort of behaviour that leads many of us to want to wash our hands
of Oracle in the first place...

As for the 'window for F19' well you've missed the window for F20 now as
well ...

However that is somewhat of a moot point given that (and the AOO issues are
similar but let's stay focused on mysql/mariadb) things like spec files,
package reviews and so on don't need a release to target anyway - they just
need bugzilla tickets and builds in koji following the standard packaging
guidelines that everyone - big company or little individuals - need to
follow.

Once things are building cleanly there and package review is passed (and
any outstanding conflict questions are dealt with) then fine look at adding
it as a feature for a future Fedora - but that is a long way off at this
point still it seems.

Frankly I'm still of the opinion the Oracle distribution of the MySQL based
server should be dropped entirely... If Oracle want 'community-mysql' to
exist for Fedora and want to maintain it themselves then they can set up
their own repositories on their own infrastructure and these
compatibilities issues with Fedora can be removed entirely as a result.

As for an upgrade of community-mysql from 5.5 to 5.6 that should probably
be discussed or be considered as a feature in case of knock on issues with
respect to F18 users upgrading (didn't the obsolete for mariadb only cover
< 5.5?) plus the loss of file level compatibility for someone to make a
switch between community-mysql and mariadb at their choosing... plus
there's a lot of non-backwards compatible changes that people need to be
aware of from 5.5 to 5.6:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html
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