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Mind me; I haven't read up on the bugs, and this is probably a dumb |
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place to admit this. |
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MySQL (to me) is an one of those instances where different major |
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versions of the software serve almost different purposes. In this case I |
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believe debian got it right by having the default be the oldest |
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supported stable release, while more recent stable versions are |
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available by non-default. |
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Just a note, don't get too peeved, |
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-Dormando |
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Sancho2k.net Lists wrote: |
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> Lance Albertson wrote: |
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>>Ben Munat wrote: |
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>>>Anyone know what's taking so long to get MySQL 4.1 unmasked? I'm getting |
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>>>a lot of guff about how 4.1 has been available for over a year and it's |
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>>>the latest *stable* version version at the MySQL site. I appreciate the |
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>>>fact that the devs want to make sure it's extra, extra stable, but even |
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>>>just a rough guess when it will be ready would help. Maybe there's a dev |
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>>>lurking nearby?? |
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>>The main mysql dev has been dealing with a lot of real-life issues (school, |
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>>exams, etc) and hasn't had the appropriate time to make this work. However, he |
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>>does have someone he wants to bring on board to help take care of mysql and has |
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>>been doing a great job so far. I've been following bug 83011 as things get |
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>>closer to getting into portage. |
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>>About the unmasking... I'm not sure, 4.1 introduces a lot of migration headache |
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>>so the transition will need to have some kind of sane flow. I'm not the person |
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>>to really comment on that! |
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> Yes, consider the new dependencies for the DBD-mysql module, as well as |
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> the fact that several other applications in Portage just Don't Work with |
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> 4.1.x and later. Sometimes with Portage, it's a lot harder than just |
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> getting an updated ebuild. You have to consider the effect it has on |
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> Portage as a whole. |
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> Gentoo devs: is there any more specific testing that users can do to help? |
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> |
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> DS |
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