[MacPorts] #43431: Ports with a mysql4 or mysql5 variants and/or dependencies should switch to using mysql56 or possibly mariadb.

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#43431: Ports with a mysql4 or mysql5 variants and/or dependencies should switch to
using mysql56 or possibly mariadb.
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  Reporter:  pixilla@…                           |      Owner:  macports-
      Type:  enhancement                         |  tickets@…
  Priority:  Normal                              |     Status:  new
 Component:  ports                               |  Milestone:
Resolution:                                      |    Version:
      Port:  amarok-devel apr-util bugzilla      |   Keywords:
  dovecot dovecot2 drupal5 drupal6 dspam exim    |
  flow-tools freeradius gdal grass hydra         |
  libdbi-drivers libgda libgda4 libgda5          |
  lighttpd lighttpd-devel mediatomb mnogosearch  |
  mysql-connector-odbc mysql5 mysql55            |
  -connector-cpp mysql55-lib_mysqludf_json       |
  mysqlxx nagios-plugins neko ocaml-mysql p5     |
  -dbd-mysql pennmush php php4 php5-mysql php52  |
  postfix proftpd pure-ftpd py-oursql qore-      |
  mysql-module qt3-mac qt4-mac-mysql55-plugin    |
  radlib rb-mysql rb19-mysql redland restund     |
  snort soci sphinx vpopmail vtk-devel           |
  wikkawiki zabbix zabbix2                       |
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Comment (by mojca@…):

 Can someone please provide an example of how the dependencies and variants
 should be implemented in an ideal case?

 How exactly should we modify ports that depend on `mysql5`? Should we
 support automated migration? (I see that `monarch` is missing in the list
 of ports.)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43431#comment:28>
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