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I have a plan I would like some eyes on... |
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I want to gradually *BAN* the use of virtual/mysql and |
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virtual/libmysqlclient as dependencies. |
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To accomplish this, force dev-db/mysql-connector-c to be the only souce |
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of libmysqlclient.so. |
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Packages that choose to support libmariadb.so instead can include a |
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libmariadb USE to hook up to dev-db/mariadb-connector-c that will be |
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introduced (and they can live side-by-side). The motivation for this |
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could be licensing with libmariadb being LGPL instead of GPL. This is |
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similar to ffmpeg/libav, except the libraries can co-exist. |
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The current providers of virtual/mysql would get a new USE flag that is |
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MASKED for all users for the transition period and pull in the lib |
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package(s) when that USE is disabled. |
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virtual/mysql would become a server reference for USERS only. It would |
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be a QA warning violation to depend directly on virtual/mysql as it can |
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live anywhere. |
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virtual/libmysqlclient would be last-rite as it doesn't work as intended |
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That about sums it up. |
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Brian |
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MySQL team lead |
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