taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:
> 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. I had overlooked that. It makes sense to keep both then (and it shouldn’t cost much anyway.) Ludo’.