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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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DS |
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