Re: Proposing the retirement of default-mysql-* metapackages for Forky
Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian-gM/[email protected]>
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Otto Kekäläinen <[email protected]> writes: > I want to start a discussion about dismantling the > default-mysql-server and default-mysql-client virtual packages for > Forky (Debian 14), and transitioning the archive to point explicitly > to mariadb-server and mariadb-client. > > To be clear: this change is proposed strictly for Forky and won't > affect any older or currently supported stable releases. Are there any implication for users upgrading from trixie to forky? i think the answer is no, since default-mysql-server only depends on mariadb in trixie (anyone who wants mysql has already worked out how to get it elsewhere). So the release notes would just have a small entry in the equivalent to https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.html#obsolescence-and-deprecation saying that the meta-package is deprecated and to install mariadb-* directly?