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On 07/17/2015 01:56 PM, Brian Evans wrote: |
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> Title: MySQL client libraries and server packaging changes Author: |
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> Brian Evans <grknight@g.o> Content-Type: text/plain Posted: |
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> 2015-07-17 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 1.0 Display-If-Installed: |
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> virtual/mysql |
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> The future of the mysql packages is changing. |
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> First off, a new virtual is being introduced, |
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> virtual/libmysqlclient. virtual/mysql will represent the server and |
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> tools while virtual/libmysqlclient will represent the shared and |
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> static libraries. |
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> |
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> Developers and ebuild writers should reference |
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> virtual/libmysqlclient when linking against the libraries as the |
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> package will keep the subslot the same as the soversion for easy |
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> rebuilds. This is getting more difficult in the current virtual |
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> situation as MySQL and MariaDB start to diverge versions and |
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> features. The old method could force users to mask new versions or |
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> delay the posting of one server package which advances the |
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> soversion until the others catch up. |
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> As for the server packages themselves, the minimal USE is being |
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> replaced. The new USE flags are client-libs, +server, and +tools. |
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> The server and tools flags are on by default to signify the |
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> primary purpose of those builds. |
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> The primary provider for libraries will be a new package |
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> dev-db/mysql-connector-c. A tinderbox run did not turn up any |
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> issues, but packagers are permitted to block any provider of |
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> virtual/libmysqlclient that does not work correctly. A comment in |
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> the ebuild would be helpful to track this. The server packages can |
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> still provide libraries if the client-libs USE is enabled. |
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It's my understanding that news items are geared to end users, |
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however, this may be incorrect. Assuming that is the case, apart from |
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notifying the users about the USE flag changes, the bulk of this news |
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item is geared toward devs and package maintainers. As such, I feel |
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like the user relevant content might go unnoticed as they skim and see |
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it is primarily maintainer related. |
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Apologies for the weird mail issue. I got rid of the cron plugin, but |
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it is still acting up, so I'm switching back to claws mail from |
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thunderbird. |
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