Otto, Thanks for doing this. I will take appropriate action with the next upload.
On Friday, May 22, 2026 2:20:53 AM Mountain Standard Time you wrote: > Package: courier > Severity: normal > Control: affects -1 + src:mysql-defaults > > Dear Maintainer, > > Following a recent discussion on debian-devel@[1], there is a plan to > dismantle the default-mysql-* virtual package construct provided by the > mysql-defaults source package. With the recent releases of MySQL 9.7 and > MariaDB 12.3, there is now enough divergence between the two codebases to > warrant dismantling this metapackage in the Forky (Debian 14) cycle. > > This is filed with severity 'normal' as this change is not urgent. > > We are asking maintainers to drop any dependencies on these virtual packages: > * default-libmysqlclient-dev > * default-mysql-client > * default-mysql-client-core > * default-mysql-server > * default-mysql-server-core > > However, how this is handled in is in your discretion based on the details of > how the package is maintained and tested in Debian. There are mainly three > options: > > - Direct switch: The most straightforward approach is to switch defaut- mysql-* > directly to the MariaDB equivalent (libmariadb-dev, libmariadb-dev-compat, > mariadb-client, mariadb-server, etc). For example 'Recommends: > mariadb-server'. > > - Dual compatibility: If the package actively supports both engines and you > wish to keep an alternative runtime path open for users drawing from > third-party repositories, you can declare an OR dependency. For example > 'Depends: mariadb-client | mysql-client'. > > - Specific constraint: If your package does not work with MariaDB, feel free > to tailor the package relationships to match that constraint. This is however > very unlikely as all Debian releases in past decade have only shipped with > MariaDB, and the open source ecosystem has largely shifted to lean towards > MariaDB. > > This change is targeted specifically for the Forky cycle and does not affect > any existing stable releases. > > Thank you for your time and your work maintaining courier in Debian! > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/05/msg00161.html -- Soren Stoutner [email protected]
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