Even google is migrating to MariaDB. So this is the right time to migrate. :)
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Reindl Harald <[email protected]>wrote: > they don't stop its existence of being opensource > > but > > * OpenSuSE is switching to MariaDB > * Fedora *has* switched to MariaDB > * RHEL 7 is switiching to MariaDB > > well, a more complete list > https://mariadb.com/kb/en/distributions-which-include-mariadb/ > > the reasons for Fedora > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReplaceMySQLwithMariaDB > > > The original company behind MySQL, MySQL AB, were bought out by Sun which > > was then bought by Oracle. Recent changes made by Oracle indicate they > are > > moving the MySQL project to be more closed. They are no longer > publishing any > > useful information about security issues (CVEs), and they are not > providing > > complete regression tests any more, and a very large fraction of the > mysql bug > > database is now not public > > proven by http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-34.html > > after a decade using MySQl in production, in the past there you could > see bugs fixed in the next release and consider how they affect you > > * now you see nothing, you get no unit-tests for most of the fixed bugs > * new features are going mostly in "MySQl enterprise" > > well, the core of MySQL is OpenSource, but the only reason is > that Oracle can't change this fact, if the would be able they > would change it and the current MySQLl developemtn is more > closed source than free software at all > > Am 17.09.2013 00:13, schrieb Jorge Bastos: > > I don't believe that MySQL stop its existence of being opensource. > > MySQL is probably the largest opensource projects that is used in almost > everything. > > > > Don't think that'll happen, and if it does, there's another opensource > project ready to take MySQL place and don't think oracle wants to lose that. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >> Behalf Of Reindl Harald > >> Sent: segunda-feira, 16 de Setembro de 2013 22:45 > >> To: Mailing-List dbmail > >> Subject: [Dbmail] > >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/12/google_mariadb_mysql_migrat > >> ion/ > >> > >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/12/google_mariadb_mysql_migration/ > >> interesting for the ones using MySQL as backend > >> > >> *currently* keep your fingers from MaraDB in conext of DBMail there is > >> a major bug which is fixed and will be in 5.5.33 release affecting > >> *any* release ever happend, but after that keep in mind that nearly any > >> major linux-distribution is switching and sooner or later Oracle MySQL > >> become meaningless as any opensource project Orcale tocuhed is dying > >> > >> why not use MariaDB now: > >> https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-4978 > >> > >> as far as i can say the bug is really fixed, but let us wait for the > >> 5.5.33 realease and confirm it by unit-tests > >> > >> special thanks to Paul providing a predictable test-case! > >> _______________________________ > >> > >> BTW - do we have any number of the DBMail userbase? > >> > >> currently it feels like a niche in mail-systems but looking at what > >> Paul made of it with 3.0/3.1 i never felt more confirmed that my > >> decision to use it 2009 for my first production mail-system and build > >> a eco-system around it than now > >> > >> honestly i love this piece of software for a lot of reasons > > > _______________________________________________ > DBmail mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.fastxs.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > >
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