Package: mariadb-server
Version: 10.0.28-2
Severity: serious
mariadb-server, the new default-mysql-server, breaks existing
well-functioning applications that need to index columns defined as
VARCHAR(255). This worked fine with mysql-server-5.6.
This is caused by two questionable choices:
* default character set is utf8mb4 (causing index prefix lengths
quadruple).
* innodb_large_prefix is OFF.
I'd suggest you enable innodb_large_prefix or revert to what
mysql-server-5.6 did, i.e. set the character set to utf8 (which uses
"just" 3 bytes per character).
Thanks,
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christian hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org>
