[MacPorts] #41968: mythtv-core.27: use MySQL 5.6? (was: Can MythTV 2.7 use MySQL 5.6?)

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#41968: mythtv-core.27: use MySQL 5.6?
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  Reporter:  octavioj@…      |      Owner:  ctreleaven@…
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  mythtv-core.27  |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * owner:  macports-tickets@… => ctreleaven@…
 * type:  update => enhancement
 * port:  mysql-core.27 => mythtv-core.27


Comment:

 mythtv-core.27 depends on qt4-mac-mysql5-plugin, which depends on mysql5.
 To use mysql56, mythtv-core.27 would have to depend instead on qt4-mac-
 mysql56-plugin. Ideally mythtv-core.27 would offer the user variants to
 select the desired versions of mysql, python, perl, ......

 mythtv-core.27 also depends on py26-mysql. py26-mysql has variants for
 selecting the desired mysql version. It does not yet have a variant for
 mysql56; one should be added, along with mariadb and percona variants (see
 #39068). MacPorts does not have the capability to declare a dependency on
 a variant of a port (see #126) though we do now have the
 active_variants-1.1 portgroup which can help.

 mythtv-core.27 also depends on p5.12-dbd-mysql which again has variants.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41968#comment:1>
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