Hi James, We have around 40 MFIs running on MariaDB and it would be an absolute necessity that we have migration scripts to facilitate this new move to Postgres. Without it they would be stuck on the old fork.
Regards, From: Campbell Burgess [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 23 March 2026 19:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: End support of mySQL and MariaDB; migration tooling related to FSIP-9, We'll help sponsor that. Campbell On 3/23/2026 11:25 AM, James Dailey wrote: The vote on FSIP-9 entails the idea that someone should make efforts to build migration scripts. As that vote ends in 48 hrs, now is another good moment of focus. "With this proposal we will make an effort but we are not committing to migration guides, scripts, tests, tools, wizards, and case studies easing database migrations. The community is strongly encouraged to gather real-world data, to share and discuss this proposal with all users, encouraging them to create or sponsor creation of these critically important migration materials." As with all things on this open source project, if there is interest in doing it, it can occur. First up is "Gather real world data". How many entities require this migration work? Can we get at least two good examples? More? I suspect that any organization still using mySQL or MariaDB is on a very old fork of the project and has no interest in upgrading to the latest releases. If that is wrong, someone should provide data to support that. They have not spoken up specifically. We must hear from them. For scripts and guides to have meaning, they need users. -- Herring BANCORP ® C. Campbell Burgess President/CEO Office: (806) 373-3921 | Direct: (806) 242-3704 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Herring Bancorp 2201 Civic Circle, Suite 1000 Amarillo, TX 79109 www.herringbank.com <http://www.herringbank.com> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at (303) 565-7001 and also indicate the sender's name. Thank you.
