On Fri, June 14, 2013 8:47 pm, Mark Allums wrote: > Kumar Appaiah: >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 08:01:27PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: >> > Slashdot and others have reported that RedHat, like Fedora and >> OpenSuSE, is switching from MySQL to MariaDB. I expect Debian will >> follow >> suit, since they have set precedents many times for preferring free >> software. >> (Example: OpenOffice.org ==> LibreOffice.) >> > >> > Has this been discussed? Does anyone have a time frame for this? I >> would like to see this happen in time for Jessie. >> >> You will be interested in the thread here: >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/05/msg00181.html >> >> Kumar > > Thank you. The way I read it, it looked in that thread as if the > consensus was: for Jessie, Debian should try to ship both, and allow the > user to choose. Post Jessie, MySQL may be dropped if Oracle continues its > unfriendly practices, but that is still very much up in the air until that > time.
I don't think Oracle is going to cease sharp practice anytime soon. Larry Ellison is not the type to get religion. Just ask the guys from Open Office. Java got turned over before he took over or it never would have been. >From what I understand, Maria and Mungo are both options for RedHat and Fedora at this stage. Cheers! Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine Registered Linux User: 554515 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/a3211b8a1fb35c8d768ebb1be316a218.squir...@fulvetta.riseup.net
