> From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [mailto:h...@debian.org]
> The Debian way is to provide mariadb packages, and keep providing Oracle
> mysql packages. We'll do away with Oracle mysql when the day comes that
> it
> is unfeasible or extremely undesireable to keep providing them, or nobody
> wants to deal with them. I _do_ believe this day will come in a 5-year
> timeframe.
>
> What we would probably do:
>
> 0. add mariadb packages.
>
> 1. Rename mysql* to mysql-oracle*, provide msyql-* "transitional" packages
> that depend on the oracle ones first, but accepts the mariadb ones as an
> alternative.
>
> 2. Someday, *maybe*, if the situation warrants it, change the mysql-*
> packages to point to mariadb packages as the primary (or only?) choice
> instead. And eventually, remove the mysql-oracle* packages if the situation
> warrants it. This might never happen, or it might happen soon.
>
> Obviously, none of this will happen unless someone uploads high-quality
> mariadb packages to Debian unstable as the first step...
This is essentially what the consensus of the discussions I have seen boils
down to. Some distributions, such as Fedora, are "switching." It's an
either/or. Debian appears to prefer to let the marketplace decide
("marketplace" here used to mean "users"). They will offer a choice as long as
it is feasible.
Mark
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