2011/9/28 Ike Devolder <[email protected]> > 2011/9/28 Ángel Velásquez <[email protected]> > >> 2011/9/28 Sven-Hendrik Haase <[email protected]>: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Due to Oracle's recent and absolutely unforeseeable new plans with >> MySQL, I thought it might be a good opportunity to put mariadb into >> community for those that depend on MySQL. Mariadb is designed to be a >> drop-in replacement for MySQL and as such I wondered whether it would make >> sense if mariadb replaced MySQL. Mariadb also conflicts with MySQL files >> which at least necessitates installing them to an alternative path. >> > >> > I'm willing to maintain mariadb in community. >> > >> > I'd like opinions on this. >> >> I agree even bringing other forks of mysql to community, my unique >> concern is, how qualified do you feel to maintain them? I hope you're >> not bringing mariadb just because oracle, else because you feel a >> master (relatively speaking) with mariadb. >> >> That said, if you feel you're qualified, i don't have any concern to >> have mariadb in community under your responsability. >> >> >> > >> > -- Sven-Hendrik >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Angel Velásquez >> angvp @ irc.freenode.net >> Arch Linux Developer / Trusted User >> Linux Counter: #359909 >> http://www.angvp.com >> > > Why you should introduce mariadb but not drop mysql: > > - mariadb has nicer debug stuff > - mariadb has some small performance improvements for charset conversions > - mariadb should have (i cannot confirm myself) better and more stable > replication (less replication breakage than mysql (my experience is with > mysql 5.1 <-> mariadb 5.1, i cant speak for newer versions) >
small correction :: i cannot confirm myself for newer versions than mentioned > > - and last but not least, mariadb has a more open development and is not > tied by any vendor (might be an advantage) > > for more info http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features > > -- Ike >
