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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>, pr@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Draft news item: MySQL/MariaDB packages dropping support for PrimeBase (PBXT) engine
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:36:10
Message-Id: robbat2-20130602T193503-209115069Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Draft news item: MySQL/MariaDB packages dropping support for PrimeBase (PBXT) engine by "vivo75@gmail.com"
1 On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 02:32:53PM +0200, vivo75@×××××.com wrote:
2 > On 06/01/13 02:37, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
3 > > Hi all,
4 > >
5 > > See attached the draft news item for MySQL/MariaDB dropping PBXT
6 > > support.
7 > from the draft:
8 > "All users who have data stored in PBXT-backed tables should convert the
9 > tables to another format before upgrading to MySQL/MariaDB 5.5, as the
10 > tables will otherwise become inaccessible. "
11 > s/before/BEFORE/
12 > it should be very visible.
13 Will do.
14
15 > Also, is it possible to halt the merge into filesystem if some PBXT
16 > tables exists in ${MY_DATADIR}?
17 > Not that I like it but maybe users prefer this to be forced to downgrade
18 > after.
19 I'll meet in the middle, and display a big warning if there are any .xt
20 files in MY_DATADIR. I will NOT halt the upgrade.
21
22 --
23 Robin Hugh Johnson
24 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
25 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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