[Maria-developers] Any plans about starting to use /var/lib/mariadb for data instead of /var/lib/mysql?

Hello! Does the MariaDB project have any plans about switching the data dir to /var/lib/mariadb in some release? In Debian there has been discussion about separating the binary-incompatible MySQL forks into separate /var/lib/ to ease maintenance and secure data so that purging some packages will

Re: [Maria-developers] Any plans about starting to use /var/lib/mariadb for data instead of /var/lib/mysql?

Hi, I dont think that the option to have one datadir per major version (eg: /var/lib/mysql-5.6) is a good idea, it will add confusion and might break scripts or symlinks on major version upgrade for example while only one major version should exist at once on the system (at least if the curre

Re: [Maria-developers] Any plans about starting to use /var/lib/mariadb for data instead of /var/lib/mysql?

way easier - don't purge it at all - there is a reason why the package manager on Redhat based systems *never* removes subfolders below /var/lib versioned datadirs are a hell * it's the distributions responsiblity not allow *install* different mysql favours at the same time (conflicts in RPM)