Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add MariaDB.

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

David Thompson <address@hidden> writes:

> 宋文武 <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> * gnu/packages/database.scm (mariadb): New variable.
>
> MariaDB is a replacement for MySQL.  Last I read you can just replace
> MySQL with MariaDB and everything just works.  So, should we keep our
> mysql package?

According to Wikipedia:

    After the 5.5 version, MariaDB developers decided to start a branch
    numbered 10, as an attempt to make it clear that MariaDB 10.0 will
    not import all features from MySQL 5.6; however, they might be
    imported in future versions.

So it might be best to keep it for users desiring MySQL 5.6+ features
that won't be present in MariaDB until possibly later.

Taylan