many packages are compile linket around mysql 5.1 api and mysql 5.5 changes a little, this i thing may cause some problems
if this happened some packages must be also backported/updated same behavior with php 5.3 vs 5.4 Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO) http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com 2015-09-29 5:36 GMT-04:30 Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > currently we are shipping mysql-5.1 which is no longer supported upstream > and which might have multiple unfixed vulnerabilities (Oracle doesn't > disclose enough details to either verify it or fix them). > > We should really offer squeeze users to switch to a supported version > of mysql and that would be version 5.5. > > Who would like to drive this forward? > > As a first step, I would suggest that we backport 5.5.44-0+deb7u1 > for squeeze and we drop the unversioned packages: libmysqld-pic, > libmysqld-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, mysql-common, mysql-server, > mysql-client. > > The goal is to not rebuild applications, they would continue > to use the old libmysqlclient16 but would connect to the 5.5 > server. > > For mysql-common, it might be necessary to build it from mysql-5.5 > but we should ensure it also works with mysql-5.1... > > And then we perform some test upgrades, and some application tests, and > try to smooth the rough edges. When we're happy we send out a DLA > indicating that mysql-5.1 is EOL but that they can switch to mysql-5.5 > if they desire (although it requires a manual upgrade). > > What do you think ? > > Cheers, > -- > Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer > > Support Debian LTS: http://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html > Learn to master Debian: http://debian-handbook.info/get/ >
