On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:16:14 AM Ralph Janke wrote: > > Top posting fixed. > >> On 03/30/2011 10:13 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> > On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 09:59:58 AM Chuck Short wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> For Oneiric I would like the following packages updated: >> >> >> >> dovecot 1.2.x -> 2.x >> >> mysql 5.1 -> 5.5 >> >> >> >> The reasoning for this update in the long run it will be easier to >> >> maintain for a LTS and more users want to use both mysql 5.5 and >> >> dovecot2. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> chuck >> > >> > Since mysql is used by desktop applications we'll need to make sure >> > that's supported there as well. We don't want to get into another mess >> > like we did with having to support 5.0 and 5.1 (to some degree) in Main. >> > >> > I'm very interested in postgresql-9.0, but that should just happen since >> > it's in Debian already and postgresql supports parallel installation of >> > multiple versions. The only question is if it should be the version in >> > Main starting in O or P. I think there are some packaging complications >> > if the highest version in the archive isn't the one in Main (pitti would >> > know for sure). >> > >> >> Isn't it time to use mariadb instead of mysql? >> > > There's more than one fork out there. It would probably be useful to have a > discussion about what mysql variant will be most supportable for LTS and move > towards that in the oneiric timeframe. I think that deserves a spec of it's > own. > > Scott K >
I agree, if the community is going to want to move away from mysql to one of the variants, the time is now to discuss which one would be best. > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
