On December 10, 2015 3:27:14 AM EST, "Santiago Ruano Rincón" <santiag...@riseup.net> wrote: >El 09/12/15 a las 19:18, Scott Kitterman escribió: >> On December 9, 2015 2:51:47 PM EST, Raphael Hertzog ><hert...@debian.org> wrote: >... >> >What's wrong with "apt-get install mysql-server-5.5" ? >> > >> >Those intermediary packages will be manually installed and might >cause >> >troubles in future upgrades... even if the description invites users >to >> >uninstall them. I would prefer if the instructions we gave invited >> >users >> >to install just the packages that they need. >> > >> >We really mostly care about vulnerabilities in the server and as >such >> >we must recommend users to upgrade the server, if they keep using >the >> >old client it's not a big deal IMO. >> >> Running a local server and client and they are different versions >doesn't cause >> a problem? If not, then I agree about not including the upgrade >package and >> giving instructions in the DLA. >> >> Scott K > >I'm not sure understanding the question. If you mean running both >client and server on the same machine, the answer is you cannot use >packages from different versions.
That is what meant. >My comment was about users that have mysql-client and -server running >on >different machines. > >Anyway, if these transition packages might give more trouble, I'd >prefer >to remove them too. The simpler, the better. I'm not sure the best thing, but at least make clear in the DLA that if one upgrades client/server then the other must be upgraded too for that machine. Scott K
