On 02/14/2011 01:55 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: > On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 16:51 -0800, Clint Byrum wrote: >> So, I think we'll drop the client libraries completely out of the >> control file(including the -dev packages) so nobody build-deps on them >> before they've figured out how to version the libs properly. >> >> I opened this bug this morning, which should hopefully clearly spell out >> the issues for them: >> >> http://bugs.mysql.com/60061 >> > Just as a follow up, while the public bug report hasn't been updated, > I've received at least one assurance that mysql engineers are looking at > this, and believe the ABI incompatibility was inadvertently caused by > the move from autotools to cmake. They'd prefer to keep the ABI > compatible with previous versions rather than bump SONAME. > > On a related note, this bug was opened to help clarify the client > exception in the source distribution, since the exception file was > dropped without explanation anywhere else in the tarballs: > > http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=60124 > > I think this leaves us in the same boat.. ship the 5.5 server and > utilities in universe, leave out the client libraries.
Wouldn't it be better to throw MySQL 5.5 in a PPA rather than having 2 versions in the archive? Then, when the client libs are fixed, you can just update the PPA. Micah -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
