2014/1/17 Otto Kekäläinen <o...@seravo.fi> > 2013/12/30 Otto Kekäläinen <o...@seravo.fi>: > > We discussed this on the pkg-maint-mysql list and the recommended policy > is now: > > > > All packages that at the moment depend directly on mysql-client should > > instead have something like: > > > > Depends: the-one-they-tested-with | virtual-mysql-client > > (or Suggests or Recommends) >
Do you know if libmysql-java is compatible with MariaDB ? I see no libmariadb-java for the moment in archive. I suppose there will be one as MariaDb propose Java driver on its web site. But will it follow the same rule with a kinda libvirtual-mysql-java ? Olivier > > > At the moment in unstable the packages mysql-server-5.5 and > > mariadb-server-5.5 have > > Provides: mysql-virtual-server > > > > and mysql-client-5-5 and mariadb-client-5.5 have > > Provides: mysql-virtual-client > > > > Later when other versions are uploaded to Debian (e.g. MySQL 5.6, > > MariaDB 10, Percona etc) they will include the same provides as long > > as they are compatible enough with MySQL 5.5 to be > > drop-in-replacements. > > > > Does this sound OK? > > > Just for the record, I've written down now this policy at > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/MySQL/virtual-mysql-server and it is now > in effect as there was no other contersuggestions, and both the MySQL > packages and MariaDB packages in Debian already abide to this policy. > > > -- > Otto Kekäläinen > +358 44 566 2204 > http://seravo.fi/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cahj_tlcsbrwrta7o0utnq8ouysbg6xyknox8z1q+sxaa3-...@mail.gmail.com > > -- gpg key id: 4096R/326D8438 (keyring.debian.org) Key fingerprint = 5FB4 6F83 D3B9 5204 6335 D26D 78DC 68DB 326D 8438
