Bug#565308: RFP: mariadb-server -- MariaDB is a community developed branch of, the MySQL, database that uses the Maria engine by default.

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Subject: Bug#565308: RFP: mariadb-server -- MariaDB is a community developed branch of, the MySQL, database that uses the Maria engine by default.
From: infernix <infernix@infernix.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:30:12 +0200
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Reply-to: infernix <infernix@infernix.net>, 565308@bugs.debian.org

Following the announcement by Oracle that there will be new commercialextensions for MySQL, effectively putting MySQL under the Open Coremodel, should the decision to replace MySQL with MariaDB be revisited?

Monty's blog post:http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2011/09/oracle-adding-close-source-extensions.html

Oracle's announcement:http://blogs.oracle.com/MySQL/entry/new_commercial_extensions_for_mysql


Would using MariaDB not be more in line with the philosophy behind Debian?

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