On 27 May 2026 at 10:22, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: | Package: rmysql | Severity: normal | Control: affects -1 + src:mysql-defaults | | Dear Maintainer, | | Following a recent discussion on debian-devel@[1], there is a plan to dismantle | the default-mysql-* virtual package construct provided by the mysql-defaults | source package. With the recent releases of MySQL 9.7 and MariaDB 12.3, there is | now enough divergence between the two codebases to warrant dismantling this | metapackage in the Forky (Debian 14) cycle. | | This is filed with severity 'normal' as this change is not urgent. | | We are asking maintainers to drop any dependencies on these virtual packages: | * default-libmysqlclient-dev | * default-mysql-client | * default-mysql-client-core | * default-mysql-server | * default-mysql-server-core | | However, how this is handled in is in your discretion based on the details of | how the package is maintained and tested in Debian. There are mainly three | options: | | - Direct switch: The most straightforward approach is to switch defaut-mysql-* | directly to the MariaDB equivalent (libmariadb-dev, libmariadb-dev-compat, | mariadb-client, mariadb-server, etc). For example 'Recommends: mariadb-server'. | | - Dual compatibility: If the package actively supports both engines and you wish | to keep an alternative runtime path open for users drawing from third-party | repositories, you can declare an OR dependency. For example | 'Depends: mariadb-client | mysql-client'.
This _should_ work here as rmysql once was a mysql client and became a mariadb client. Or maybe I will keep it easy / easier and just stick to mariadb. Will sleep over it. Thanks for the heads-up! Cheers, Dirk | - Specific constraint: If your package does not work with MariaDB, feel free to | tailor the package relationships to match that constraint. This is however | very unlikely as all Debian releases in past decade have only shipped with | MariaDB, and the open source ecosystem has largely shifted to lean towards | MariaDB. | | This change is targeted specifically for the Forky cycle and does not affect any | existing stable releases. | | Thank you for your time and your work maintaining rmysql in Debian! | | [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/05/msg00161.html -- Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com Support my Tour de Shore 2026 ride benefiting Maywood Fine Arts! More info at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/04/03#sponsor_tour_de_shore_2026
