Replace MySQL with MariaDB

[Clay Weber]

On Monday, February 16, 2015 08:01:19 AM O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 12/02/2015 16:59, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> > Hi Sinclair,
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:27 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I am using Kubuntu 14.10 with KDE 4.14.2 and for some time have seen
> >> other distros migrate to MariaDB from MySQL.
> >> 
> >> Can this be done without "bombing" my stable desktop and use of
> >> Kontact/KMail/Akonadi?
> >> 
> >> Anyone have a pointer to a "manual" on this? Also does anyone have an
> >> idea why Kubuntu have chosen to stay with MySQL?
> > 
> > Why do you want to migrate away from what is standard in your distro?
> > Any particular reason for this? Unless Debian does so it is unlikely
> > to happen in Kubuntu.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Myriam
> 
> Hi Myriam,
> 
> because according to a lot of "lazy internet" sources MariaDB is the
> "libreoffice" of databases. More active in updating, using less
> resources and so on. Given that I am one of those who have not given up
> on KDEPIM I am curious if it would improve the whole Akonadi-MySQL soup.
> 
> regards,
> Sinclair

Unless you have set up a MySQL database on  your own, kdepim uses a small, 
internal MySQL . The kdepim developers would need to add or switch to a 
different internal database, and I don't see any evidence on that with my own 
lazy research.

If one does want to use a full-on MySQL or MariaDB, I believe that the latter 
is still a drop-in replacement for the former, so in theory it should be 
simple to do. However, i do  not believe many desktop users would want the 
overhead running such a database would add.

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