Proposed F19 Feature: Replace MySQL with MariaDB

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 01/26/2013 08:42 PM, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-01-26 at 21:34 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 26.01.2013 21:24, schrieb Pierre-Yves Chibon:
>>>> but keep in mind that Fedora is the base for RHEL
>>>> applications may be certified for mysql
>>> And that is Fedora's problem how?
>> and THAT is the problem with many pieces of fedora-development
>> the last few years - what do we care for the real world usage,
>> we are only a design study......
> I agree, we care for real world usage of Fedora, not XYZ.

Yup rhel != Fedora

The third party support can be distribution agnostic like for example [1]

Running on Fedora does not break support there however using mariadb will.

If the current maintainers orphan mysql anyone can pick it up including 
Oracle employees and continue it's maintenance within the distribution.

Any beef, competition or what not between Red Hat and Oracle ( or anyone 
else for that matter ) is between Red Hat and Oracle not Fedora and I 
cant imagine FESCO/Board standing in the way of Oracle wanting to 
packaging and maintain anything in the distribution unless it breaks 
some legal jargon just like everyone else.

JBG

1.https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Supported+Platforms