On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 06:27:29PM +0200, Massimiliano Torromeo wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are we getting rid of MySQL? Or just making Maria a "replaces" package? > > Getting rid of MySQL would be crazy! > Of course, I'm going to use the replaces/provides flags, for both > mariadb and percona.
Please don't do this. provides and conflicts, yes, but there's no reason this should be forced as an upgrade path for mysql users. Using replaces here is just as good as killing it off entirely. Users still have a choice -- don't take it away from them. dave
