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From: "vivo75@×××××.com" <vivo75@×××××.com>
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 12:35:35
Message-Id: 51AB3B75.1020409@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Draft news item: MySQL/MariaDB packages dropping support for PrimeBase (PBXT) engine by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On 06/01/13 02:37, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > See attached the draft news item for MySQL/MariaDB dropping PBXT
5 > support.
6 from the draft:
7 "All users who have data stored in PBXT-backed tables should convert the
8 tables to another format before upgrading to MySQL/MariaDB 5.5, as the
9 tables will otherwise become inaccessible. "
10
11 s/before/BEFORE/
12
13 it should be very visible.
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
20 >
21 > I would like to drop the blocks into the tree not later than June 3rd.
22 > I think it should affect very few users, as PBXT was a niche feature.
23 >
24 > This should clear us to get MySQL/MariaDB 5.5 into stable.
25 >
26 nice!

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