I update the Wiki page to state that the current contingency plan is a
revert of the change by bumping 'mariadb' package epoch.
I also added a note about the dependent packages that need rebuild.
That is a single package (amarok); I tested the rebuild in COPR and
discussed it with the 'amarok' package maintainer.

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Michal Schorm
Software Engineer
Core Services - Databases Team
Red Hat

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 8:12 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
<zbys...@in.waw.pl> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 02:06:37PM +0100, Michal Schorm wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 12:21 AM Fabio Valentini <decatho...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 5:21 PM Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > == Contingency Plan ==
> > > >
> > > > Modules will provide the functional version of MariaDB 10.4, available 
> > > > to all users.
> > > > * Contingency mechanism: Fedora Modules for 10.4 available
> > >
> > > This is not a sufficient contingency plan. Leaving broken 10.5
> > > non-modular packages in f34 is a non-starter.
> > >
> > > Is there a realistic path to back out of the 10.5 update in rawhide /
> > > F34 if there are problems?
> > > It looks like the 10.4 -> 10.5 update requires database upgrades as
> > > well, so would MariaDB 10.4 have problems with accessing databases
> > > that have been migrated to 10.5?
> >
> > In the worst case scenario, I would be forced to revert the change,
> > bump MariaDB 10.4 package epoch and release F34 with MariaDB 10.4
> > instead.
> >
> > Database upgrades in general (this is not just about MariaDB or MySQL)
> > are very problematic.
> > Every sane DB upgrade *ever* should have a data backup prior and I
> > don't want, nor have any means to, solve the cases of corrupted DB
> > data which haven't got a backup.
> >
> > What would be an issue however, if a significant number of users would
> > report the upgrade is problematic and they can't use the DB with the
> > new version.
> > The best thing both they and I can do is to file a BZ ticket (so we
> > are informed about it in the first place).
> > I will search the upstream JIRA ticket system for workarounds as a
> > part of the problem solving.
> > If any are found, I'd try to apply them or at least provide them to the 
> > users.
> >
> > If the issues would be in place but no solution in sight, the revert
> > to MariaDB 10.4 in Rawhide (and F34 if already branched) is the way to
> > go.
> >
> > If you will agree to this contingency mechanism, I will add it to the
> > Self-Contained Change wiki page.
> > Otherwise I'd ask you for a suggestion of what you picture as
> > sufficient contingency mechanism.
>
> So, any progress on this?
>
> Zbyszek
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