On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 16.02.2012 16:56, schrieb Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail: >> I'm wondering why MariaDB not in Fedora yet, is it technical or political? .. >> >> I did saw some discussion in the EPEL list about including MariaDB , >> and theres argument whether it should replace mysql or should be made >> to run parallel. Understandable for EPEL as thats meant for enterprise >> class packages. >> >> But for Fedora, aint MariaDB should replace MySQL? .. similar to >> LibreOffice replaced OpenOffice .. > > you must not include both conflicting packages in the distribution > and please leave us server-admins with "compatible" replacements > for major-services in peace and systemd/init is not major service? :) Fedora have been historically breaking compatibility in favor of a freer alternative (eg: libreoffice vs openoffice) .. or new technologies (eg: systemd) .. imo, this is a similar issue. MariaDB does promises compatibility with existing mysql libraries, it also have a more open community which accepts patches and community contribution better than Oracle. -- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail / KageSenshi Inigo Consulting (FOSS/Plone Development, Training & Services) http://www.inigo-tech.com Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador http://blog.kagesenshi.org 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866 5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
