Armin K. wrote: > Few months ago, someone talked about MariaDB on the mailing lists and if > it should replace MySQL in BLFS. We agreed to wait and see what will > other distributions do. > > The situation is improving. I can count at least 4 distros that are > either going to switch to MariaDB or have already made a switch. > > ArchLinux: > https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-replaces-mysql-in-repositories/ > > Fedora: > http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-who-fedora-and-opensuse-will-replace-mysql-with-mariadb-7000010640/ > > OpenSUSE: > http://www.muktware.com/5148/opensuse-dumps-mysql-makes-mariadb-default-database > > Slackware: http://slackware.com/index.html > > Since I have installed Archlinux on this machine, I don't see any > difference between MySQL and MariaDB ... > > Should we follow others or still offer MySQL as the default database? > I'd rather keep MySQL but support MariaDB, too.
Well we could always do both. We now have Xfce, KDE, and Gnome. We also have dhcpcd and dhcp, proftpd and vsftpd, postgresql and mysql, exim and postfix and sendmail, etc. I've always used mysql, but that started when it was pure open source. I'd like to see the build instructions for MariaDB. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
