Transition Mysql 5.0 to 5.1 in main

[Stephan Hermann]

Hi Steve,

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:14:06 +0100
Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 01:03:04PM -0400, Mathias Gug wrote:
> > As far as the library transition is concerned the following
> > packages in main need to have their build-dependency on
> > libmysqlclient15-dev updated to libmysqlclient-dev:
> 
> > $ grep-dctrl -F Build-Depends -s Package
> > libmysqlclient15-dev /var/lib/apt/lists/localhost\:3142_ubuntu_dists_karmic_main_source_Sources
> > Package: akonadi Package: apr-util
> > Package: bacula
> > Package: cyrus-sasl2
> > Package: dovecot
> > Package: exim4
> > Package: freeradius
> > Package: koffice
> > Package: libdbd-mysql-perl
> > Package: libgda3
> > Package: mod-auth-mysql
> > Package: nagios-plugins
> > Package: php5
> > Package: postfix
> > Package: python-mysqldb
> > Package: qt-x11-free
> > Package: qt4-x11
> > Package: redland
> > Package: rsyslog
> 
> > Are there any other packages in main that need to be updated? Am I
> > missing something else?
> 
> The latest version of mysql-dfsg-5.1 in Debian unstable has been
> corrected to provide libmysqlclient15-dev as a dummy package
> depending on libmysqlclient-dev.  Will Ubuntu follow suit, or will
> mysql-dfsg-5.0 be kept around in karmic for other reasons?


As already mentioned on IRC, mysql 5.1 doesn't provide mysql cluster
anymore. The lack of mysql-cluster packages in debian (as promised to
Norbert T. -> debian mysql maintainer, I'll work with him on that
issue) could be a nogo for mysql 5.1 as default mysql server
replacement.

People who are using mysql cluster from 5.0 will have problems after an
upgrade to karmic or even to the next LTS...

Regards,

\sh


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