Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2014-02-16 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Clint: > 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 Otto: > At the moment in unstable the packages mysql-server-5.5 and > mariadb-server-5.5 have > > Provides: mysql-virtual-se

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2014-02-16 Thread Luca Capello
Hi Otto, On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:58:54 +0100, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > 2014-01-19 Luca Capello : >> While doing the necessary changes for #732879 for Bacula, I found that >> the above names mismatch: which are the correct one? The same confusion >> is on the Debian wiki: >> >> >>

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2014-02-03 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Hello Luca, 2014-01-19 Luca Capello : > While doing the necessary changes for #732879 for Bacula, I found that > the above names mismatch: which are the correct one? The same confusion > is on the Debian wiki: > > >

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2014-01-19 Thread Luca Capello
Hi there! On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:53:47 +0100, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > 2013/12/25 Thomas Goirand : >> Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client >> contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every >> software dependency in Debian? >> >> Adding debian-d

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2014-01-17 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
2013/12/30 Otto Kekäläinen : > 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

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-30 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/30/2013 11:53 PM, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > Hello, > > 2013/12/25 Thomas Goirand : >> Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client >> contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every >> software dependency in Debian? >> >> Adding debian-devel@, as I

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-30 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Hello, 2013/12/25 Thomas Goirand : > Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client > contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every > software dependency in Debian? > > Adding debian-devel@, as I think it should be discussed more broadly. We discussed

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-26 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
2013/12/25 Thomas Goirand : > Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client > contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every > software dependency in Debian? Currently the package contains "Provides: virtual-mysql-server" but I guess this needs to be re

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-25 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 25 décembre 2013 08:27 CET, Thomas Goirand  : > Don't you think it would be more reasonable if the mariadb-client > contained a Provides: mysql-client, rather than changing each and every > software dependency in Debian? Maybe MariaDB wants to be the "default" MySQL implementation? -- Make su

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/23/2013 01:50 AM, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > Package: automysqlbackup > Severity: wishlist > > MariaDB is an drop in replacement for MySQL. As MariaDB has just > landed in Debian unstable it would be a good time to include it in the > dependencies as an alternative to MySQL. > > Please change

Bug#732878: Add MariaDB as an alternative dependency

2013-12-22 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Package: automysqlbackup Severity: wishlist MariaDB is an drop in replacement for MySQL. As MariaDB has just landed in Debian unstable it would be a good time to include it in the dependencies as an alternative to MySQL. Please change in the debian/control any occurences of mysql-server and mysql