David Thompson <dthomps...@worcester.edu> writes:
> 宋文武 <iyzs...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> * gnu/packages/database.scm (mariadb): New variable.
>
> MariaDB is a replacement for MySQL. Last I read you can just replace
> MySQL with MariaDB and everything just works. So, should we keep our
> mysql package?
According to Wikipedia:
After the 5.5 version, MariaDB developers decided to start a branch
numbered 10, as an attempt to make it clear that MariaDB 10.0 will
not import all features from MySQL 5.6; however, they might be
imported in future versions.
So it might be best to keep it for users desiring MySQL 5.6+ features
that won't be present in MariaDB until possibly later.
Taylan
