Lyle, To be certain, they don't wish to "kill" DBD::mysql. They are really trying to define what Oracle supports and what they do not. The were very helpful in painstakingly migrating the bugs from their system manually to RT. Albeit, I have my work cut out for me now :)
Regards, Patrick On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Lyle <webmas...@cosmicperl.com> wrote: > On 12/04/2013 00:58, Darren Duncan wrote: >> On 2013.04.11 4:37 PM, Lyle wrote: >>> Hmm... Got a reply to my bug report and it's a bit worrying: >>> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68266 >>> >>> Seems like MySQL don't want to directly support DBD::mysql any more. >>> Whether you >>> like mysql or not, that's a heavily used DBD. >> >> I'm not aware that DBD::mysql was ever supported through the general MySQL >> bug reporter, and I understood it was a separate project. > > It most certainly was, for example: > http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20153 > > The DBD::mysql docs still tell you to report bugs there. Even I was able to > submit a bug to their DBD::mysql category just last February, they've only > just removed it from the bug reporter. > >> I think Patrick Galbraith is the person you should ask about this matter, as >> Patrick has been the one releasing DBD::mysql on CPAN for many years, a full >> decade at this point. > > I've just joined the p...@lists.mysql.com mailing list. It'll be interesting > to see if that list stays or gets removed as well. > > > Lyle > >> >> -- Darren Duncan >> >> >
