On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 19:03 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:08:03PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 23:31 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > Sven Lankes wrote: > > > > mariadb will need to conflict with the default mysql packages > > > > which is usually not allowed in fedora. So this is going to > > > > be interesting. > > > > > > Uh, conflicting with MySQL is really a no go (just look at how many things > > > require mysql-libs, and even mysql-server is required for Akonadi, and > > > mysql-embedded or Amarok), why isn't the fork renaming its stuff? If the > > > idea is to be a 100% compatible drop-in replacement, then Fedora needs to > > > make a choice whether to ship Oracle's MySQL or MariaDB and then stick to > > > it. > > > > Well, we could also take the approach we take with MTAs; have a set of > > generic virtual Provides for MySQL-alikes and have all the MySQL-alikes > > we package Provide these, as well as Providing their own specific name, > > and conflict with each other. Just like postfix, qmail and sendmail all > > Provide: smtpd and conflict with each other. It would be some packaging > > effort, but it would resolve the issue cleanly. This would fly so long > > as it's expected that there will be a long-term future for the > > 'MySQL-alike' world in which we have multiple competing implementations > > that are mutually compatible for many client apps. I'm not involved > > enough in the area to know if that's true. > > > Actually... the MTAs don't conflict with each other. oh, they use alternatives? My bad, I never actually tried installing multiple ones. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
