MacPorts-MySQL Dictator wanted, prefer benevolent

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Sep 30, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at macports.org> wrote:

> By way of background, my MythTV ports depend on p5.16-dbd-mysql, py27-mysql and php-5-mysql.  Previously, all of these defaulted to the now-obsolete mysql5 variant.  Now, py-mysql defaults to mariadb55.  p516-dbd-mysql offers a "mariadb" variant; not "mariadb55".  php5-mysql defaults to mysqlind ("MySQL native driver") and offers a "mariadb" variant; again not "mariadb55". p5.16-dbd-mysql still defaults to mysql5.
> 
> The subtle variance in naming the variants creates confusion.  The range of defaults can lead to bloat and confusion.
> 
> Initially, I found there was a ticket related to py-mysql database variants [1] and I filed additional tickets for php5-mysql [2] and p5-dbd-mysql [3].  Since then, I thought to search for other ports that offer variants related to MySQL ('port echo variant:mysql*')--a total of 89 ports, of which about 20 are subports.
> 
> [1] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39068
> [2] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44481
> [3] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44484
> 
> The tickets have been open for 6 weeks or more with no movement. I've started to do some analysis on this (with another thread asking for help) to see if we can standardize on a list of MySQL-related variant names and maybe even agree on a common default.
> 
> That's where the dictator comes in.  At the moment, I would say the obvious choices for a default MySQL variant would be mysql55, mariadb55 or, maybe, mysql56.  AFAICT there is no clear-cut, compelling reason to choose one over the others (technical, legal, religious, whatever).

Momentum appears to be on the side of MariaDB
MariaDB 10.0 is the current release branch and is tracked by the mariadb-10.0 port.


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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