Bug#702280: libdbd-mysql-perl / mariadb update

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:04:36 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> This pre-wheezy bug (#702280) about libdbd-mysql-perl vs. MariaDB has
> been quiet for a while, but it would be good to reach some conclusion
> for stretch. Taking the debian-perl@ list in the loop.

Thanks for bringing this up.
It was on my radar as well but more in the outer region of the
scanned area :)
 
> Reading Otto's recent announcement at
>  https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/09/msg00000.html
> the simplest thing seems to be to just start build depending on
> default-libmysqlient-dev. This would mean we only provide DBD::mysql
> linked against the mysqlclient variant (including MariaDB) that's been
> chosen as the default by the project, presumably the release team.

Right, that was my conclusion as well.

What I'd like to see is 
- a confirmation that this is indeed the final decision, since there
  was a discussion round default-libmysqlient-dev on -devel after the
  announcement;
- maybe someone to test the package; I once built it against
  default-libmysqlient-dev and didn't see any problems but the test
  suite is basically doing nothing as it needs a mysql/mariadb server
  with a database and user etc.
 
> FWIW, it looks like Fedora has been offering DBD::mysql linked
> against MariaDB for a while already, and upstream seems receptive (see
> lib/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod).

Ah, cool.


Cheers,
gregor

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