Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add MariaDB.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

taylanbayirli@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:

> David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> writes:
>
>> 宋文武 <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?
>
> According to Wikipedia:
>
>     After the 5.5 version, MariaDB developers decided to start a branch
>     numbered 10, as an attempt to make it clear that MariaDB 10.0 will
>     not import all features from MySQL 5.6; however, they might be
>     imported in future versions.
>
> So it might be best to keep it for users desiring MySQL 5.6+ features
> that won't be present in MariaDB until possibly later.

I had overlooked that.  It makes sense to keep both then (and it
shouldn’t cost much anyway.)

Ludo’.