On Di, Okt 25, 2016 at 08:45:42 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
>in any case, mariadb is NOT a drop-in replacement for mysql.
Sorry, that was my impression from the devel mailing list. After all
there are people who prefer to have only one mysql flavour in Debian.
And both share the same directory layout, the same initscript, etc.
Or maybe we have a different definition of drop-in replacement.
>> The default mysql in Debian is mariadb.
>Maybe so, but installing a package called default-MYSQL-client should
>not force the removal of mysql-client* and mysql-server*
Well, if the Debian thinks that mariadb provides the default-mysql-*
packages and mariadb and mysql conflict with each other, this would be
the correct way.
If you have a default-mta package depending on exim4 then installing it
would remove your postfix installation.
The question is if a package should only depend on such a default-*
package.
>And upgrading packages, like mythtv*, that depend on mysql should also
>not force the removal of mysql, which is probably why debian packages
>that depend on default-mysql-client have an alternatє dependency on
>virtual-mysql-client.
Here I agree with you. At least as long as we have different mysql
flavours available.
Should a fresh installation of MythTV install mariadb oder mysql?
Shade and sweet water!
Stephan
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