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On 14/02/2018 05:37, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 09:32:32PM -0500, Brian Evans wrote: |
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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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> Overall I agree, but there's some slight concerns I have. |
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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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> Have all the concerns about using slightly different libmysqlclient.so |
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> builds been resolved? Esp for pre-built binaries (I don't know if there |
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> are any left in the tree). |
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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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>> |
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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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> This part worries me slightly. I do understand that mysql-embedded is |
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> retired entirely, but apps that spun up their own local mysqld instance |
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> would still be affected this this change. |
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Checked a random desktop install and found these packages depending on |
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virtual/mysql: |
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vivo@Monfi ~ $ equery d virtual/mysql |
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* These packages depend on virtual/mysql: |
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dev-db/mariadb-10.2.12 (server ? ~virtual/mysql-5.6[embedded=,static=]) |
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dev-libs/apr-util-1.6.1 (mysql ? =virtual/mysql-5*) |
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dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-r11 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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dev-libs/redland-1.0.17-r1 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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kde-apps/akonadi-17.12.2 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.7.3_p3 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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net-mail/mailutils-3.4 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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sci-mathematics/glpk-4.63 (mysql ? virtual/mysql) |
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It would be interesting to know how their ${*DEPEND} should look after |
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the change. |
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Honestly I'd also like to understand the rationale better, why this |
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change is needed? |
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Are the implementations of Oracle mysql and Mariadb so different that |
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it's not possible anymore to consider those equivalent (for what |
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packages see)? |
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Thanks in advance, |
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Francesco |
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