Hi! Latest version of MariaDB in Debian unstable/testing/Bookworm is 10.11.2. You might want to consider testing it.
If you want to contribute in the open source way to fix this or any other issue, see https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/wikis/Contributing-to-MariaDB-packaging-in-Debian on how to submit a Merge Request! If you have time to help, please consider these (in order of importance): 1. Review current open MRs at https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests 2. Review items highlighted by Debian QA systems (Lintian, builds etc) and submit a fix to improve the quality: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mariadb 3. Review what testing we have at https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/pipelines and think about potential gaps - CI is very important as it is the only way we can prevent regressions in a scalable way 4. Review/follow-up on existing bugs that currently need more information: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=mariadb&src=mariadb-10.6&src=mariadb-10.5&src=mariadb-10.3&src=mariadb-10.1 MariaDB and C++ skills are useful, but not required. For example reviewing the NEWS for 10.11 requires no coding skills: https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/37 My request for help from debian-devel in https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/02/msg00272.html did not get many responses, so the future of this package depends on how active the users and people who previously reported bugs are in participating in the maintenance of the package. - Otto
