Le 01/12/2011 08:34, Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > Op donderdag 01 december 2011 00:28:34 schreef Luc Menut: > [...] >> Please, you should first ask on the ML with a proper subject like "[RFC] >> replace mysql by mariadb for mga 2 ?" and don't hide this >> choice/question in a thread where you announce that mariadb is available >> for testing. And wait at least one week, so that people have time to reply. > [...] > > yes, i'll do so, problem is that i didn't get any testing, so i need to put > it > into core/release to get more testing. > > if mariadb doesn't work, we can easily switch back by just rebuilding mysql > and dropping mariadb for that moment. > > also, i tested with amarok among others, without a problem > > This is the up-coming 5.5 branch, which my plan is to keep testing as we go > along to mga2 > > I also have good contacts with upstream about this. > > i'll send a new thread on this, but it's not a final decision, it's nothing > more than just a way to get more testing so we can decide to opt-out or not.
As said before there is no other major distro that did this switch. It seems too early for me and lots of users do still use MySQL. I would go for MariaDB as an alternative for Mageia 2 -- Anne http://mageia.org
