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From: "Jorge Martínez López" <jorgeml@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL > MariaDB - is it time?
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:28:37
Message-Id: CAMgZwF1Z_VhmFDiana-_0N27KiBctUTCzstcvkJyUXCU4EoOBA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL > MariaDB - is it time? by Matthew Finkel
1 2012/3/2 Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@×××××.com>:
2 >
3 > It's definitely an interesting dilemma, but one that was expected to happen
4 > eventually. Lucky Gentoo doesn't have to worry about release cycles. MariaDB
5 > is in portage so, in theory, it shouldn't be too difficult for any of us to
6 > make the switch.
7
8 Seeing how successful is Oracle managing a free software community
9 (OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org, Harmony) I made the switch yesterday
10 with zero issues:
11
12 keyworded <=dev-db/mariadb-5.2 (make sure you install the same minor
13 version as you have with MySQL).
14 emerge -aC mysql
15 emerge mariabd
16
17 And that's it.
18
19 Greetings,
20 --
21 Jorge Martínez López <jorgeml@×××××.com> http://www.jorgeml.net
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