Hello In Debian Sarge we had libmysqlclient12 from MySQL 4.0.x as main mysql library in use. In Etch I already have MySQL 4.1 (libmysqlclient14) and MySQL 5.0 (libmysqlclient15) which is still only release-candidate, so I'd like to drop support for the 4.0 branch completely.
Note though, that libmysqlclient10-dev from mysql (3.23.x), maintained by Steve Langasek, which is also still present is left untouched because it was released under LGPL instead of "GPL+FLOSS Exceptions" and thus be preferred by some people. As we have recently introduced versioned symbols to libmysqlclient14 and -15 the transition "should be easy"(tm) and done just by mass filing a bug report and maybe after 2 weeks NMU the leftover packages. Maintainers: Recompiling with build-deps set to libmysqlclient14-dev instead of libmysqlclient12-dev should be enough. The last published release schedule speaks of 2006 as release date. It might be that MySQL 5.0 will be stable enough next summer to be shipped - maybe at the cost that of some more necessary bugfix updates but the benefit to only have one MySQL for the security support afterwards. Release Team, please comment :-) bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
