Excerpts from Olaf van der Spek's message of 2016-10-15 18:15:02 +0200: > 2016-10-15 18:10 GMT+02:00 Clint Byrum <spam...@debian.org>: > >> What's the plan for MySQL 5.7? AFAIK it was released in April, will it be > >> included in Stretch? > >> > > > > The release and security teams have decided that MySQL will live only in > > unstable for stretch due to the perceived complications with tracking > > security patches in MySQL. > > Ouch, so Debian releases will no longer come with MySQL? > Is the current practice of using upstream releases as security updates > no longer feasible? > What do 'they' suggest as alternative for MySQL? >
MariaDB will be included.
