Re: Bug#1137779: rsyslog: Please drop dependencies on virtual packages from mysql-defaults

Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2026 18:36:04 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Am 27.05.26 um 18:30 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 27.05.26 um 04:22 schrieb Otto Kekäläinen:
>> Package: rsyslog
>> Severity: normal
>> Control: affects -1 + src:mysql-defaults
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> Following a recent discussion on debian-devel@[1], there is a plan to 
>> dismantle
>> the default-mysql-* virtual package construct provided by the mysql- 
>> defaults
>> source package. With the recent releases of MySQL 9.7 and MariaDB 
>> 12.3, there is
>> now enough divergence between the two codebases to warrant dismantling 
>> this
>> metapackage in the Forky (Debian 14) cycle.
>>
>> This is filed with severity 'normal' as this change is not urgent.
>>
>> We are asking maintainers to drop any dependencies on these virtual 
>> packages:
>> * default-libmysqlclient-dev
>> * default-mysql-client
>> * default-mysql-client-core
>> * default-mysql-server
>> * default-mysql-server-core
>>
>> However, how this is handled in is in your discretion based on the 
>> details of
>> how the package is maintained and tested in Debian. There are mainly 
>> three
>> options:
>>
>> - Direct switch: The most straightforward approach is to switch 
>> defaut-mysql-*
>>    directly to the MariaDB equivalent (libmariadb-dev, libmariadb-dev- 
>> compat,
>>    mariadb-client, mariadb-server, etc). For example 'Recommends: 
>> mariadb-server'.
>>
>> - Dual compatibility: If the package actively supports both engines 
>> and you wish
>>    to keep an alternative runtime path open for users drawing from 
>> third-party
>>    repositories, you can declare an OR dependency. For example
>>    'Depends: mariadb-client | mysql-client'.
>>
>> - Specific constraint: If your package does not work with MariaDB, 
>> feel free to
>>    tailor the package relationships to match that constraint. This is 
>> however
>>    very unlikely as all Debian releases in past decade have only 
>> shipped with
>>    MariaDB, and the open source ecosystem has largely shifted to lean 
>> towards
>>    MariaDB.
>>
>> This change is targeted specifically for the Forky cycle and does not 
>> affect any
>> existing stable releases.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and your work maintaining rsyslog in Debian!
>>
>> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/05/msg00161.html
>>
> 
> btw, do you want me to rename the package to
> rsyslog-mariadb ?
> That would be the logical conclusion from your bug report but I want to 
> be sure.
> 
> 

And if so, is there an equivalent to dbconfig-mysql ?

It seems you want to eradicate mysql, but I don't see how this would work.
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