Closing this as this is not a bug. A workaround exists and there is no "complete loss of databases".
See: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-11170?focusedCommentId=106653&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-106653 ** Changed in: mariadb-10.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1656393 Title: MariaDB Fails to Handle MySQL 5.7 Data Changes - Upgrade Results in a Complete Loss of Databases and Data To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mariadb-10.0/+bug/1656393/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
