Proposed F19 Feature: Replace MySQL with MariaDB

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 16:24 +1100, Arthur G wrote:
> It would nice for MariaDB to obsolete MySQL and have an emulation
> switch that allows it to masquerade as a MySQL installation as well as
> operate in native mode. This will provide backwards compatability for
> systems that use products that want to see a MySQL installation. This
> will also provide a fresh canvass for new development that only wants
> to talk/depend directly with native MariaDB. This will also provide
> compatability for systems that want to do both.

This is already how MariaDB works. Testing will consist of making sure
it in fact _succeeds_ in acting as a drop-in replacement in all
real-world tested cases.

Not to sound mean, but could people please at least read up on the
feature page before contributing to this thread? There's a lot of
noise...
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