On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 09:55:07PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > Here is a new port of MariaDB. > > MariaDB is a fork of MySQL maintained in the open. The development > environment is so much better than what has become of MySQL AB since > Oracle took over Sun. They deal with security issues in a much better > manner and don't try to hide the tickets or any details regarding > the issues. Bugs are fixed much quicker and tickets in general are > dealt with in a much better manner. MariaDB 5.5 will replace the > current MySQL 5.1 port for the next release. > > Here is the port and a diff to adjust the tree to move over to > MariaDB. The only port I haven't touched is xmysql as it doesn't > build with newer MariaDB or MySQL. It's old unmaintained cruft > and I'm planning on removing it. > > http://comstyle.com/ports/mariadb/ > > If you're a MySQL user or have expressed interest in MariaDB > please test and provide any feedback regarding testing and/or > the port.
Updated tarball provided with some changes after some feedback and an updated diff against a more up to date ports tree. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
