On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 21:21 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > i doubt MariaDb would be interface-compatible in most cases > > BUT not binary comatible as you can also not replace MySQL 5.1 > > against MySQL 5.5 without compat-packages (remi did outside > > fedora-packages) as long depending packages are linked against > > a specific version > > <facts> > Just for the record, we *did* replace 5.1 with 5.5 without any compat > package, back in Fedora 15. It seemed to go just fine; we had to > rebuild dependent packages, but that was about it (and there weren't > that many). I don't see any reason to think that replacing mysql with > mariadb would be harder than the 5.1-to-5.5 transition was. > </facts> > > <opinion> > And given Oracle's recent antics (refusal to release any information > about security patches, not including new regression tests in releases, > etc etc) we ought to be thinking very hard about doing just that. > Reality is that mysql is now open source in name only. > </opinion> > > regards, tom lane Given oracle's "unkind" attitude, perhaps this should be a discussion of how to replace MySQL with MariaDB outright for say F19? -- Sincerely, William Brown pgp.mit.edu http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x3C0AC6DAB2F928A2
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