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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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> 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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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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