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Package: php-defaults
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Version: 98
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
I would like to add a php-mariadb metapackage in php-defaults.
While the upstream PHP modules use the name 'mysql', they are used with
MariaDB in a growing number of projects. Introducing a php-mariadb
metapackage would allow packages to explicitly express that they are
developed/built with MariaDB, and if in future the upstream php-mysql
module gains options that are specifically meant for MariaDB, this
php-mariadb metapackage could be updated to point to it.
Additionally, as Debian uses MariaDB as the default MySQL-compatible
server, it feels odd for most PHP reverse dependencies to depend on a
package called php-mysql. The upstream PHP documentation
(https://www.php.net/manual/en/set.mysqlinfo.php) describes the "MySQL"
extensions as MySQL protocol drivers over mysqlnd and explicitly lists
MariaDB Server as a supported backend, so it is not wrong for a
PHP/MariaDB program to depend on php-mysql, but having an alternative
metapackage using the name php-mariadb seems like good preparation for
the future.
Locally I have the following addition in debian/control.in:
Package: php-mariadb
Architecture: all
Depends: php-common,
php@PHP_VERSION@-mysql,
${misc:Depends}
Description: MariaDB/MySQL module for PHP (meta)
There is no behaviour change for existing users: php-mysql stays as it
is and continues to pull in php@PHP_VERSION@-mysql. php-mariadb is an
additional metapackage that reverse dependencies can opt into if they
want a MariaDB-first dependency that matches the current default and the
upstream docs.
I'll open a Salsa merge request for php-team/php-defaults implementing
this and reference this bug there.
Best regards,
Aquila
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--- Begin Message ---
Control: close -1 98
No, the php-<ext> describes the name (or the namespace) of the modules
inside the package. I am sorry, but this bug has no merit.
Ondrej
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Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
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> On 17. 12. 2025, at 1:24, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Package: php-defaults
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Version: 98
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to add a php-mariadb metapackage in php-defaults.
>
> While the upstream PHP modules use the name 'mysql', they are used with
> MariaDB in a growing number of projects. Introducing a php-mariadb
> metapackage would allow packages to explicitly express that they are
> developed/built with MariaDB, and if in future the upstream php-mysql
> module gains options that are specifically meant for MariaDB, this
> php-mariadb metapackage could be updated to point to it.
>
> Additionally, as Debian uses MariaDB as the default MySQL-compatible
> server, it feels odd for most PHP reverse dependencies to depend on a
> package called php-mysql. The upstream PHP documentation
> (https://www.php.net/manual/en/set.mysqlinfo.php) describes the "MySQL"
> extensions as MySQL protocol drivers over mysqlnd and explicitly lists
> MariaDB Server as a supported backend, so it is not wrong for a
> PHP/MariaDB program to depend on php-mysql, but having an alternative
> metapackage using the name php-mariadb seems like good preparation for
> the future.
>
> Locally I have the following addition in debian/control.in:
>
> Package: php-mariadb
> Architecture: all
> Depends: php-common,
> php@PHP_VERSION@-mysql,
> ${misc:Depends}
> Description: MariaDB/MySQL module for PHP (meta)
>
> There is no behaviour change for existing users: php-mysql stays as it
> is and continues to pull in php@PHP_VERSION@-mysql. php-mariadb is an
> additional metapackage that reverse dependencies can opt into if they
> want a MariaDB-first dependency that matches the current default and the
> upstream docs.
>
> I'll open a Salsa merge request for php-team/php-defaults implementing
> this and reference this bug there.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Aquila
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