On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:16:14 AM Ralph Janke wrote: Top posting fixed.
> On 03/30/2011 10:13 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 09:59:58 AM Chuck Short wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> For Oneiric I would like the following packages updated: > >> > >> dovecot 1.2.x -> 2.x > >> mysql 5.1 -> 5.5 > >> > >> The reasoning for this update in the long run it will be easier to > >> maintain for a LTS and more users want to use both mysql 5.5 and > >> dovecot2. > >> > >> Regards > >> chuck > > > > Since mysql is used by desktop applications we'll need to make sure > > that's supported there as well. We don't want to get into another mess > > like we did with having to support 5.0 and 5.1 (to some degree) in Main. > > > > I'm very interested in postgresql-9.0, but that should just happen since > > it's in Debian already and postgresql supports parallel installation of > > multiple versions. The only question is if it should be the version in > > Main starting in O or P. I think there are some packaging complications > > if the highest version in the archive isn't the one in Main (pitti would > > know for sure). > > > > Isn't it time to use mariadb instead of mysql? > There's more than one fork out there. It would probably be useful to have a discussion about what mysql variant will be most supportable for LTS and move towards that in the oneiric timeframe. I think that deserves a spec of it's own. Scott K -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
