Fwd: MariaDB replacing MySQL

[Adam Williamson]

On 13/03/13 09:25 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 03/14/2013 05:03 AM, Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Honza Horak <hhorak at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> so why is MariaDB not obsoleting mysql without all
>>>> this versioning tricks and "mysql-oracle" installs
>>>> the server under "/usr/local/mysql-oracle/" and
>>>> provides a "mysql-oracle.service"?
>>>
>>>
>>> This is simply not possible in Fedora:
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_Files_or_Directories_under_.2Fsrv.2C_.2Fopt.2C_or_.2Fusr.2Flocal
>>>
>>
>>
>> Should an exception be allowed - or is the rule so rigid ?
>>
> Anything under /usr/local (except of the basic directory layout) is
> supposed to be 100% under a user's control and not to be touched by
> distributions.
>
> Somewhat oversimplified, this means /usr/local is off-limits of Fedora,
> no exceptions allowed.

...and for the love of all that's good and holy, please no-one suggest /opt.
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