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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add MariaDB.
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:00:03 +0200
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David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> =E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 <iyzsong@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> * gnu/packages/database.scm (mariadb): New variable.
>
> MariaDB is a replacement for MySQL.  Last I read you can just replace
> MySQL with MariaDB and everything just works.  So, should we keep our
> mysql package?

Maybe not, indeed, especially since MariaDB looks more future-proof
since it was forked specifically to guarantee that it would remain free,
AIUI.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99.