Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
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I am very glad to see section 2.2.3 in the release-notes. However, I don't
think it is clear from the current text that there will not be any *-server
installed if no precausion is taken (at least, that is my experience and
understanding of the dependencies). mysql-server will be uninstalled during the
upgrade, and only when the default-mysql-server from debian-backports is
installed will the server be automatically replaced by the MariaDB server.
I suggest something like:
MariaDB is now the default MySQL variant in Debian, at version 10.1. The
Stretch release introduces a new mechanism for switching the default variant,
using metapackages created from the mysql-defaults source package. For example,
installing the metapackage default-mysql-server will install
mariadb-server-10.1. For upgrading from jessie, it is recommended to install
this metapackage from the jessie-backports archive so that users who have
mysql-server-5.5 or mysql-server-5.6 will have it removed and replaced
by the MariaDB equivalent. Similarly, installing default-mysql-client will
install mariadb-client-10.1.
Paul
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Debian Release: 9.0
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Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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