On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 13:07 -0400, aragonx@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello all, > > I did a little searching but didn't come up with anything. I'm using > Fedora 16 and am about to start doing some database work on some > databases that were built in Mysql 5 (I think). I know there have > been some forks since Sun then Oracle took over the project. Is Mysql > still the "standard" or has one of the forks taken over? > > I know Mysql is still there and can be installed but it might be a > good idea to move where everyone else is moving for compatibility. > That is if people are moving at all. ---- percona and mariadb are the drop-in replacements for mysql but a simple yum search for both turned up nada. I know that there has been much made of this in Debian/Ubuntu server circles primarily because Oracle has moved the bug tracker to a private, registered server which makes it more difficult to identify which bugs are/have been fixed and to patch versions and thus have added both alternatives. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
