Bug#860970: [debian-mysql] FWD [Re: Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade]

You don't have to run apt-get upgrade first. Just running apt install default-mysql-server should do the job. On 29 April 2017 22:30:40 Paul Gevers wrote: Hi, As a starter, I have been mixing 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade' in my previous e-mails. Of course one

Bug#860970: [debian-mysql] FWD [Re: Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade]

Hi, As a starter, I have been mixing 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade' in my previous e-mails. Of course one always runs 'apt-get update' before anything, I always meant 'apt(-get) upgrade' where 'update' is mentioned. The release-notes propose to upgrade in two steps, first with apt-get

Bug#860970: [debian-mysql] FWD [Re: Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade]

Hi all, On 28-04-17 21:35, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > Please don't update the release notes like this. The upgrade has been > designed to work correctly by simply running 'apt-get update' and > 'apt-get dist-upgrade' until these and all other packages on the > system have been updated. This has

Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade

Hi Vincent, Thanks for trying to improve my proposal, I wasn't quite happy with it either. On 26-04-17 06:57, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > I don't think the release team want upgrades to depend on backports, > so I don't that's a viable option here. I had the problem with this suggestion as well,

Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade

Hi Paul If I understand correctly, you are suggesting this change: MariaDB is now the default MySQL variant in Debian, at version 10.1. The Stretch release introduces a new mechanism for switching the default variant, using metapackages created from the mysql-defaults source package.

Bug#860970: release-notes: MariaDB vs MySQL section 2.2.3 needs clarifying on how to perform the upgrade

Package: release-notes Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I am very glad to see section 2.2.3 in the release-notes. However, I don't think it is clear from the current text that there will not be any *-server installed if no precausion is taken (at least, that is my