Re: [libreoffice-users] MariaDB 5.5.33 Now Available

I just checked the Slackware "Current" (unreleased yet, but available 
for testing) website again to see if the release notes had been updated 
with the reason to switch from MySQL to MariaDB.  Alas, they have not 
updated that file from the 14.0 release yet.  I think you are correct in 
that there are a lot of applications, including KDE4 I discovered, that 
use MySQL and Slack must verify they will all work with MariaDB before 
they release a distro with it.

As another datapoint, I just checked the Slack 14.0 release, the latest 
release, and MariaDB is not included in the "extra" directory of the 
distro.  That implies that back when 14.0 was released (c. 2012), Slack 
was not intending to replace MySQL with MariaDB.  The "extra" directory 
usually contains experimental packages that Slack is considering, but 
they have not yet tested them enough to include them in the normal 
installation.  From what I saw on the "current" website, MariaDB is not 
going to be in the "extra" directory, but in the installation itself.  
That change is a big step and a fast decision by Slackware - that is, if 
it is not changed before the release of "current".

On a personal note, my biggest concern is whether MariaDB will work with 
the Oracle Java connector I am using to interface with LO Base, or do I 
have to research all that again to get the correct configuration.

   mysql-connector-java-5.1.18
   jdk/jre-6u37

Yes, it is old, but it works and I don't have to deal with the paranoid 
Oracle website.

Girvin


On 09/18/2013 12:12 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I think Oracle has always gone too far.  I suspect the delay with 
> Slackware switching was due to just how embedded MySql is in so many 
> things and they wanted to make sure MariaDb really would work in as 
> many of those places or ways as possible.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!  I feel a bit vindicated again :)  It is 
> going to affect office systems so i figure it is good for us to be 
> aware of what is going on.
> Thanks and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Girvin Herr <girvin.herr@sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 19:49
> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] MariaDB 5.5.33 Now Available
>
> FYI: I just checked the latest Slackware Linux development distro and
> they have switched to Mariadb for the next release. Slackware has a
> history of dropping software packages when the supplier varies from the
> Open Source paradigm or refuses to fix security problems. I guess Oracle
> has gone too far.
> Girvin Herr
>
>
> On 09/18/2013 08:51 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> >
> > Another stable release from MariaDb.
> >
> >
> > Last time a few of the BoD slapped my wrists for posting 
> 'irrelevant' and 'off-topic' posts and cited forwarding the last 
> MariaDb announcement as an example, meanwhile a few  people here 
> suggested that it was good to hear about because so many Gnu&Linux 
> distros are swapping out MySql (Oracle's) and replacing with MariaDb 
> (which i thought had recently merged with another fork of MySql or 
> something).
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: MariaDB Announce List <announce@mariadb.org 
> <mailto:announce@mariadb.org>>
> > To: announce@mariadb.org <mailto:announce@mariadb.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 19:35
> > Subject: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.5.33 Now Available
> >
> >
> > The MariaDB project is pleased to announce the immediate availability
> > of MariaDB 5.5.33.
> >
> > This release features the addition of TokuDB as an additional storage
> > engine option. There are also bug and other fixes. See the Release
> > Notes and Changelog for details.
> >
> >
> > - - Links  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > MariaDB 5.5.33 Stable (GA)
> > - Release Notes: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5533-release-notes
> > - Changelog: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-5533-changelog
> > - Downloads: https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.33
> >
> > Overview of MariaDB 5.5: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-55
> >
> > APT and YUM Repository Configuration Generator:
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> >
> >
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> >
> > If you would like to help make MariaDB better, please add "feedback=ON"
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> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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