Package: mysql-server-5.0 Version: 5.0.45-5 Severity: important Tags: patch l10n
Dear valued maintainers, as all common major web applications - such as MediaWiki, Typo3, Joomla, etc. - are demanding UTF-8 capable databases to serve a global world with all its languages, it would be best if debian's wonderfull mysql packages would be really UTF-8 ready from thestart, means without manual recompilation of the package(s). The bug is well known to mysql: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=4541 And there is already a patch: http://lists.mysql.com/commits/40433 Like many others users i do disagree with the mysql maintainers decission not to "push" the patch into the source repositories because of a slight increase of the memory footprint and just a slight decreases of performance: I10n, means UTF-8, is much more important than a SLIGHT performance decrease JUST FOR THOSE USERS, who choose to EFFECTIVELY make use of the raised key length. So while this patch won't affect or harm non-UTF-8 interested users it will make UTF-8 life in this global world much easier for all debian people, web users like web admins. Thank you very much for your hard work again! :) Alexander Schories Tuebingen, Germany -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-k7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 depends on: ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.18 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbi-perl 1.601-1 Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu ii libgcc1 1:4.3-20080116-1 GCC support library ii libmysqlclient15off 5.0.45-5 MySQL database client library ii libncurses5 5.6+20080105-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libstdc++6 4.3-20080116-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-14 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii mysql-client-5.0 5.0.45-5 MySQL database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.0.45-5 MySQL database common files ii passwd 1:4.1.0-2 change and administer password and ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 22.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8 compression library - runtime Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-2 A simple mail user agent ii mailx 1:20071201-2 Transitional package for mailx ren -- debconf information: mysql-server/root_password: (password omitted) mysql-server-5.0/really_downgrade: false mysql-server-5.0/start_on_boot: true mysql-server-5.0/nis_warning: mysql-server-5.0/postrm_remove_databases: false mysql-server-5.0/no_upgrade_with_isam_tables: * mysql-server-5.0/mysql_install_db_notes: * mysql-server-5.0/need_sarge_compat: false mysql-server/error_setting_password: mysql-server-5.0/mysql_update_hints1: mysql-server-5.0/need_sarge_compat_done: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
