[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/mysql: change default implementation to mariadb

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle via buildroot <buildroot at buildroot.org> writes:

 > On 02/03/2024 15:37, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
 >> Julien, All,
 >> On 2024-03-01 22:45 +0100, Julien Olivain spake thusly:
 >>> On 01/03/2024 09:24, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
 >>>>>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Olivain <ju.o at free.fr> writes:
 >>>> > The mysql package is a virtual package with two implementations:
 >>>> > oracle-mysql (the initial project), and mariadb (the fork of mysql).
 >>>> > This virtual package was introduced in commit [1] (2016).
 >>>> > The last version bump of oracle-mysql was in commit [2] (2014). This
 >>>> > mysql version 5.1.73 dates from 2013 [3].

 >  There's one reason to prefer oracle-mysql: mariadb (server) is almost
 >  twice as big.

OK, but are there a lot of use cases where you need a full blown SQL
server but don't have a lot of space for the code or database?


 >>> My initial intent was to raise the attention on this decade old package,
 >>> with quite a few CVEs associated to it ;)
 >> "Quite a few" is probably the best understatement of the year (and
 >> it's
 >> only March!). ;-)
 >> So I'd side with Peter here: drop it, and then drop the virtual
 >> package.

 >  Agreed to that.

 >  Anyway, I think mysql and mariadb are less and less drop-in
 >  replacements, so the virtual package is

 >  If really needed, I think mariadb has a few large subparts that can
 >  (optionally) be dropped, so it should be possible to reduce the
 >  footprint. If someone bothers to work on that, of course :-)

We are really close to 2024.02 release, but I'll try to cook up a patch
for dropping oracle-mysql / the virtual package now.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard