Thank you for the report. Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't ship MariaDB 10.2, so any problems with what your MariaDB 10.2 on 14.04 does or does not provide cannot be a bug in Ubuntu. You should report this problem to wherever you are getting MariaDB 10.2 for 14.04 from.
Switching from MariaDB to MySQL automatically is also not supported. It may be that there is a bug with MySQL and Django when you install this as shipped by Ubuntu directly, but if you believe this to be the case then please provide full steps to reproduce on Ubuntu without using external sources. Otherwise we cannot tell if the problem is caused by something you've installed from a third party source (in which case your report should go to the third party in the first instance). Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu. If you believe that this is really a bug in Ubuntu, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than with a third party or a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New. ** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759751 Title: mysql not downgrading to v5.5 after installing mariadbv10.2 and then purging it completely, mariadb service instance still clashing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/1759751/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs