2011/9/28 Ángel Velásquez <an...@archlinux.org> > 2011/9/28 Sven-Hendrik Haase <s...@lutzhaase.com>: > > Hi, > > > > Due to Oracle's recent and absolutely unforeseeable new plans with MySQL, > I thought it might be a good opportunity to put mariadb into community for > those that depend on MySQL. Mariadb is designed to be a drop-in replacement > for MySQL and as such I wondered whether it would make sense if mariadb > replaced MySQL. Mariadb also conflicts with MySQL files which at least > necessitates installing them to an alternative path. > > > > I'm willing to maintain mariadb in community. > > > > I'd like opinions on this. > > I agree even bringing other forks of mysql to community, my unique > concern is, how qualified do you feel to maintain them? I hope you're > not bringing mariadb just because oracle, else because you feel a > master (relatively speaking) with mariadb. > > That said, if you feel you're qualified, i don't have any concern to > have mariadb in community under your responsability. > > > > > > -- Sven-Hendrik > > > > > > -- > Angel Velásquez > angvp @ irc.freenode.net > Arch Linux Developer / Trusted User > Linux Counter: #359909 > http://www.angvp.com >
Why you should introduce mariadb but not drop mysql: - mariadb has nicer debug stuff - mariadb has some small performance improvements for charset conversions - mariadb should have (i cannot confirm myself) better and more stable replication (less replication breakage than mysql (my experience is with mysql 5.1 <-> mariadb 5.1, i cant speak for newer versions) - and last but not least, mariadb has a more open development and is not tied by any vendor (might be an advantage) for more info http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features -- Ike
