Re: Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 12/23/2013 01:50 AM, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Package: automysqlbackup
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> MariaDB is an drop in replacement for MySQL. As MariaDB has just
> landed in Debian unstable it would be a good time to include it in the
> dependencies as an alternative to MySQL.
> 
> Please change in the debian/control any occurences of mysql-server and
> mysql-client to "mariadb-server | mysql-server" and "mariadb-client |
> mysql-client".
> 
> This way systems that have MariaDB installed instead of MySQL can use
> this package without problems. While MariaDB is at the moment only in
> Debian unstable, some users might have installed it from mariadb.org
> or other sources to jessie or wheezy, so it does not hurt if this
> package has these dependencies updated for older Debian releases too.
> 
> This is a very quick and safe change to do, and there is no urgency to
> upload the package just for this small thing. Just update the
> dependency (or suggest or recommends) lines in the debian/control file
> and let the change propagate when there is something else to push too.
> 
> MariaDB packages in Debian:
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mariadb&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  - Otto

Hi Otto,

First of all, thanks so much for maintaining MariaDB within Debian.

Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client
contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every
software dependency in Debian?

Adding debian-devel@, as I think it should be discussed more broadly.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

P.S: Do you know if the MariaDB package in Sid has the capability to run
in cluster, like for Galera?